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Multi-agent workflows on iii with the kanban board as the task list: one lead per ticket with its own sub-agents, parallel waves, independent verify and review, and bounded rounds. Code goals get a dev flow: approved design and plan, test-first tickets each in its own git worktree, a branch review and a finish you choose.

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Ultracode

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Runs a goal as kanban tickets: plans them as subtasks of one run ticket, gives each ticket a lead that runs it through its phases with its own sub-agents, fans the leads out in bounded waves and in through one state barrier per wave, and loops in bounded rounds until done, dry, stalled, out of rounds or over budget. A code goal gets the superpowers flow: an approved design and plan, test-first tickets in a git worktree with one commit each, independent verify and review, a branch review, and a finish you choose.

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“Goal. Optional args: max_rounds=3 concurrency=8 attempts=2 flow=auto approve=on verifier=ultracode-qa judges= deadline_min=20 critic=on budget_usd= notify= project= release=”
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No skills preloaded.

Preloaded functions21
  • harness::spawnharnessv1.8.58Schema

    Spawn a sub-agent in a child session (never a trigger target) and return { child_session_id, child_turn_id } immediately; the child's outcome reaches you only through whatever destination its task names. Check `harness::status` for child health; children are leaves unless options.orchestrator is true.

    request
    • agentstring

      Directory agent profile id (`directory::agents::*`) supplying the child's prompt, skills, model, and display; refused with `options.system_prompt`. Omitted, an in-turn spawn continues the parent turn's profile (name `options.system_prompt` for a child that needs a different identity).

    • displayany of

      Display-only name/icon/color for the child session; never affects ids, policy, or routing.

      any of (2)
      Variant 1
      • colorany of
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        any of (2)
        Variant 1
        valuestringenum neutral, blue, purple, teal, green, amber, …
        Variant 2
        valuenull
      • iconany of
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        any of (2)
        Variant 1
        valuestringenum agent, code, search, terminal, database, test, …
        Variant 2
        valuenull
      • namestringrequiredmin 1 chars

        Short functional name such as `Frontend`; trimmed, and cut to its first 48 characters when longer.

      Variant 2
      valuenull
    • modelstring
    • optionsany of
      any of (2)
      Variant 1
      • filesystem_rootstring

        Absolute filesystem root for the child turn; omit to inherit the parent's.

      • functionsany of

        Dispatch policy for the child, intersected with the parent's (narrow, never escalate).

        Show 2 nested
        any of (2)
        Variant 1
        • allowstring[]
        • denystring[]
        • exposeall of
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          all of (1)
          Variant 1
          valuestringenum agent_trigger, native
        Variant 2
        valuenull
      • max_childreninteger· uint32min 0

        Fan-out guard for the child's own spawns.

      • max_output_tokensinteger· uint64min 0

        Inherits the parent's ceiling unless explicitly narrowed/overridden.

      • max_turnsinteger· uint32min 0

        Turn cap for the child, capped at the parent's remaining budget; omit unless required (small values strand the child).

      • max_validation_retriesinteger· uint32min 0

        Override of the child's validation-retry budget.

      • orchestratorboolean

        Let the child spawn, send, and register triggers (still capped by the parent's policy); default false makes it a leaf.

      • outputany of

        The child's deliverable: text / json / json+schema.

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        Variant 1
        one of (2)
        Variant 1
        • typestringrequiredenum text
        Variant 2
        • schemaunknown
        • typestringrequiredenum json
        Variant 2
        valuenull
      • skillsstring[]

        Exact skill ids advertised to the child; omitted or empty means all (a reused child inherits when omitted).

      • system_promptstring
      • system_prompt_strategyall of

        How `system_prompt` combines with the built-in prompt.

        Show 1 nested
        all of (1)
        Variant 1
        one of (3)
        Variant 1
        valuestringenum override
        Variant 2
        valuestringenum enrich
        Variant 3
        valuestringenum disabled
      • thinking_levelany of
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        any of (2)
        Variant 1
        one of (2)
        Variant 1
        valuestringenum minimal, low, medium, high, xhigh
        Variant 2
        valuestringenum off
        Variant 2
        valuenull
      Variant 2
      valuenull
    • parent_session_idstring

      Display-only parent for the console tree when there is no live parent turn; grants no policy inheritance.

    • providerstring
    • session_idstring

      Session id to spawn into, created if absent; an existing id may be reused only inside the caller's own tree.

    • taskstringrequired

      The child's self-contained goal, its opening user message; name every required resource selector literally (the child cannot infer them).

    response
    • child_session_idstringrequired
    • child_turn_idstringrequired
    • reusedboolean

      The named session already existed and was reused — its prior transcript and parent linkage were retained (only possible with an explicit `session_id`).

  • harness::statusharnessv1.8.58Schema

    Read a session's current turn. Returns a lean summary by default; pass verbose: true for the full runtime report and untruncated result.

    request
    • session_idstringrequired
    • verboseboolean

      Include the full runtime report and unmodified result.

    response
    any of (2)
    Variant 1
    • armed_wakesobject[]

      WHAT the session is parked on, when `expects_wake`: each armed wake's watch and deadline, so "parked 12m on state operation_meta/status — never written" is readable from the outside instead of the session just looking quietly done.

      • configunknown
      • created_atinteger· int64required
      • expires_atinteger· int64
      • subscription_idstringrequired
      • trigger_typestring

        The registered trigger's type/config, read from the canonicalised registration request. Absent on records that predate it.

    • childrenobject[]required
      • function_call_idstringrequired
      • session_idstringrequired
      • turn_idstringrequired
    • contextany of

      The last generate step's context accounting (budget, categories, provider-exact usage once it lands) — what a UI meter should show instead of re-estimating the transcript. Verbose only; absent before the first generate.

      any of (2)
      Variant 1
      • categoriesobjectrequired

        Where the request's tokens sit. Categories are assembly-time estimates; `hook_guidance` is the measured growth after assembly (pre-generate hook appends and orphan-repair patches), 0 when the request left assembly unchanged.

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        • hook_guidanceinteger· uint64min 0
        • messagesobjectrequired

          Estimated tokens of the assembled window's messages, by role.

          Show 4 nested
          • assistantinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
          • custominteger· uint64requiredmin 0
          • function_resultinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
          • userinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
        • overheadinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Provider framing plus response_format / provider_options fields.

        • skillsinteger· uint64min 0

          Selected skill bodies contained in the system prompt.

        • system_promptinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Final assembled system prompt excluding tokens attributed to `skills`: identity, per-step aids, and any compaction summary section.

        • toolsinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Function schemas exposed to the model.

      • compactedbooleanrequired

        The context carries a conversation summary: compacted on this step, or anchored on an earlier compaction entry (a previous step, the console's `/compact`). The summary's tokens count in `system_prompt`.

      • effective_max_output_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        Output allocation `usable` was derived against.

      • estimatorstring

        Which estimator produced the numbers (`heuristic` until the context-manager resolves a real tokenizer). Absent when the context-manager predates the breakdown response.

      • freeinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • modelstringrequired
      • prefix_divergencesobject[]

        Already-sent rows this session's requests rewrote, newest last (at most [`MAX_PREFIX_DIVERGENCES`]), carried from step to step.

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        • cache_readinteger· uint64min 0

          `usage.cache_read` of the rewriting request: what the provider still reused.

        • call_idstring
        • causestring

          What rewrote the row, as far as the harness can tell: `prune` (context-manager pruned or reduced function results to fit the budget that step) or `system_prompt` (row 0: a compaction summary or a prompt change).

        • indexinteger· uint64min 0

          First row (0 = system prompt, then one per message) that differs from the session's previous request. Absent when only the provider's wire mapping changed.

        • prev_leninteger· uint64min 0

          Rows the previous request carried.

        • provider_notestring

          The provider's own wire-level finding, cause included, when it reported one (a final-message warning starting with [`PROVIDER_PREFIX_NOTE`]).

        • rolestring
        • stepinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
        • turn_idstringrequired
      • prompt_sections_fallbackstring

        Why no shared prefix went out: `disabled` (config), `no_stable_prefix` (empty identity prompt) or `prefix_rewritten` (a pre_generate hook replaced the prompt head; its prompt still wins, it just shares nothing).

      • prompt_surface_digeststring

        Identity of the shared prompt prefix this generation went out with (`sha256:` of the stable section) — present only when the request carried `system_sections`. A local identity, never a provider hit; `usage.cache_read` is the reuse signal.

      • providerstring
      • session_cost_usdnumber· double

        Running cost of the whole session in USD, accumulated across every generation step. `usage.cost_usd` is one step's bill — on providers with steep cache discounts the per-step number swings two orders of magnitude, so a chip showing it alone reads as a bouncing total.

      • session_idstringrequired
      • stepinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • summarized_head_tokensinteger· uint64min 0

        Size of the history that summary replaced.

      • timestampinteger· int64required
      • totalinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        Final request estimate: categories plus post-assembly growth.

      • turn_idstringrequired
      • usableinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        The input budget the window was fit into.

      • usageany of

        Actual provider usage for this generation, stamped after the terminal frame; absent when the provider returned none (or the generation never completed).

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        Variant 1
        • cache_readinteger· uint64min 0
        • cache_writeinteger· uint64min 0
        • cost_usdnumber· double
        • inputinteger· uint64min 0
        • outputinteger· uint64min 0
        • reasoninginteger· uint64min 0
        Variant 2
        valuenull
      Variant 2
      valuenull
    • depthinteger· uint32min 0
    • expects_wakeboolean

      The session owns an armed wake (a one-shot notify subscription): a completed turn here is NOT the run's outcome — a later turn in this session carries it. Mirrors the `terminal` flag on `harness::turn-completed` (`expects_wake == !terminal`). Pollers (e.g. workflow reconcile) must treat `completed && expects_wake` as still running.

    • max_transient_resumesinteger· uint32min 0
    • max_turnsinteger· uint32min 0
    • max_validation_retriesinteger· uint32min 0
    • partial_result_availableboolean
    • pending_function_callsstring[]
    • queuedobject[]

      Messages queued while a step streams, in arrival order; they land in the transcript when the stream ends.

      • entry_idstringrequired

        Deterministic transcript entry id the drain appends under, so a redelivered drain is a no-op.

      • idstringrequired
      • messageany ofrequired

        The canonical transcript message union. Untagged: the single-variant role tags disambiguate deserialization (assistant/function_result/custom are tried before user so their required fields gate the match).

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        Variant 1
        • contentone of[]required
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          one of (7)
          Variant 1
          • textstringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum text
          Variant 2
          • attachment_idstring

            Optional link to the stored original of this inline image (`session::put-attachment`, resolvable with `session::get-attachment`). Lets readers ask `session::messages { include_image_data: false }` and fetch the bytes lazily instead of receiving them inline. Persisted verbatim on the transcript; model-bound consumers never see it (see [`ContentBlock::strip_files`]). Omitted on the wire when absent so legacy transcripts stay byte-identical.

          • datastringrequired
          • mimestringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum image
          Variant 3
          • attachment_idstringrequired
          • mimestringrequired
          • namestringrequired
          • sizeinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
          • typestringrequiredenum file
          Variant 4
          • signaturestring
          • textstringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum thinking
          Variant 5
          • datastringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum redacted_thinking
          Variant 6
          • argumentsunknownrequired
          • function_idstringrequired
          • idstringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum function_call
          Variant 7
          • contentunknown[]required
          • function_call_idstringrequired
          • is_errorboolean
          • typestringrequiredenum function_result
        • error_kindany of
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          any of (2)
          Variant 1
          valuestringenum auth_expired, rate_limited, context_overflow, transient, permanent
          Variant 2
          valuenull
        • error_messagestring
        • modelstringrequired
        • native_stop_reasonstring
        • providerstringrequired
        • rolestringrequiredenum assistant
        • stop_reasonstringrequiredenum end, length, function_call, aborted, error
        • timestampinteger· int64required
        • usageany of
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          Variant 1
          • cache_readinteger· uint64min 0
          • cache_writeinteger· uint64min 0
          • cost_usdnumber· double
          • inputinteger· uint64min 0
          • outputinteger· uint64min 0
          • reasoninginteger· uint64min 0
          Variant 2
          valuenull
        • warningsstring[]
        Variant 2
        • contentone of[]required
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          one of (7)
          Variant 1
          • textstringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum text
          Variant 2
          • attachment_idstring

            Optional link to the stored original of this inline image (`session::put-attachment`, resolvable with `session::get-attachment`). Lets readers ask `session::messages { include_image_data: false }` and fetch the bytes lazily instead of receiving them inline. Persisted verbatim on the transcript; model-bound consumers never see it (see [`ContentBlock::strip_files`]). Omitted on the wire when absent so legacy transcripts stay byte-identical.

          • datastringrequired
          • mimestringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum image
          Variant 3
          • attachment_idstringrequired
          • mimestringrequired
          • namestringrequired
          • sizeinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
          • typestringrequiredenum file
          Variant 4
          • signaturestring
          • textstringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum thinking
          Variant 5
          • datastringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum redacted_thinking
          Variant 6
          • argumentsunknownrequired
          • function_idstringrequired
          • idstringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum function_call
          Variant 7
          • contentunknown[]required
          • function_call_idstringrequired
          • is_errorboolean
          • typestringrequiredenum function_result
        • detailsunknownrequired
        • function_call_idstringrequired
        • function_idstringrequired
        • is_errorbooleanrequired
        • rolestringrequiredenum function_result
        • timestampinteger· int64required
        Variant 3
        • contentone of[]required
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          one of (7)
          Variant 1
          • textstringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum text
          Variant 2
          • attachment_idstring

            Optional link to the stored original of this inline image (`session::put-attachment`, resolvable with `session::get-attachment`). Lets readers ask `session::messages { include_image_data: false }` and fetch the bytes lazily instead of receiving them inline. Persisted verbatim on the transcript; model-bound consumers never see it (see [`ContentBlock::strip_files`]). Omitted on the wire when absent so legacy transcripts stay byte-identical.

          • datastringrequired
          • mimestringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum image
          Variant 3
          • attachment_idstringrequired
          • mimestringrequired
          • namestringrequired
          • sizeinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
          • typestringrequiredenum file
          Variant 4
          • signaturestring
          • textstringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum thinking
          Variant 5
          • datastringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum redacted_thinking
          Variant 6
          • argumentsunknownrequired
          • function_idstringrequired
          • idstringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum function_call
          Variant 7
          • contentunknown[]required
          • function_call_idstringrequired
          • is_errorboolean
          • typestringrequiredenum function_result
        • custom_typestringrequired
        • detailsunknown
        • displaystring
        • rolestringrequiredenum custom
        • timestampinteger· int64required
        Variant 4
        • contentone of[]required
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          one of (7)
          Variant 1
          • textstringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum text
          Variant 2
          • attachment_idstring

            Optional link to the stored original of this inline image (`session::put-attachment`, resolvable with `session::get-attachment`). Lets readers ask `session::messages { include_image_data: false }` and fetch the bytes lazily instead of receiving them inline. Persisted verbatim on the transcript; model-bound consumers never see it (see [`ContentBlock::strip_files`]). Omitted on the wire when absent so legacy transcripts stay byte-identical.

          • datastringrequired
          • mimestringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum image
          Variant 3
          • attachment_idstringrequired
          • mimestringrequired
          • namestringrequired
          • sizeinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
          • typestringrequiredenum file
          Variant 4
          • signaturestring
          • textstringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum thinking
          Variant 5
          • datastringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum redacted_thinking
          Variant 6
          • argumentsunknownrequired
          • function_idstringrequired
          • idstringrequired
          • typestringrequiredenum function_call
          Variant 7
          • contentunknown[]required
          • function_call_idstringrequired
          • is_errorboolean
          • typestringrequiredenum function_result
        • rolestringrequiredenum user
        • timestampinteger· int64required
      • originunknown
      • queued_atinteger· int64required
      • session_idstringrequired
    • resultunknown
    • result_errorstring
    • session_idstringrequired
    • statusstringrequiredenum running, awaiting_functions, completed, cancelled, failed

      The coarse, harness-internal turn lifecycle (harness.md § API Reference). Finer-grained than the session's `status`, which the loop derives from it.

    • stepinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
    • stop_reasonstring

      Why a `completed` turn stopped when the model did not end it itself (`max_turns`). Present in the lean report too: a poller that reads `completed` with no error must still be able to tell an exhausted budget from a finished task.

    • transient_resumesinteger· uint32min 0
    • turn_countinteger· uint32requiredmin 0
    • turn_idstring
    • validation_retriesinteger· uint32min 0
    Variant 2
    valuenull
  • harness::stopharnessv1.8.58Schema

    Request cancellation of an in-flight turn (cascades to spawned children).

    request
    • session_idstringrequired
    • turn_idstring

      Omit to stop the current turn.

    response
    • stoppingbooleanrequired
  • harness::metricsharnessv1.8.58Schema

    Aggregate durable model usage, function outcomes, and available trace/span observability for the session tree `root_session_id` belongs to (`session_id` is accepted as an alias, and a sub-agent id is resolved to its root). `complete` is true only after every session in the durable tree has reached a terminal turn. Pass `omit_context: true` when you only need the counters and cost: each session's context snapshot is then left out.

    request
    one of (2)
    Variant 1
    Empty object
    Variant 2
    Empty object
    response
    • by_sessionobject[]required
      • by_modelobject[]

        The same counters per model that generated a step, ordered by provider then model. Absent when nothing generated, and from a harness that predates it.

        • cache_read_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

        • cache_write_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

        • cost_usdnumber· doublerequired

          Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

        • function_callsinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
        • input_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

        • modelstringrequired
        • output_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

        • providerstringrequired
        • reasoning_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

        • turnsinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Model steps (assistant messages) this model generated.

      • cache_read_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

      • cache_write_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

      • contextany of

        The session's latest per-generation context snapshot (categories, budget, usage) — absent for sessions that have not generated since snapshots landed.

        any of (2)
        Variant 1
        • categoriesobjectrequired

          Where the request's tokens sit. Categories are assembly-time estimates; `hook_guidance` is the measured growth after assembly (pre-generate hook appends and orphan-repair patches), 0 when the request left assembly unchanged.

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          • hook_guidanceinteger· uint64min 0
          • messagesobjectrequired

            Estimated tokens of the assembled window's messages, by role.

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            • assistantinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
            • custominteger· uint64requiredmin 0
            • function_resultinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
            • userinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
          • overheadinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

            Provider framing plus response_format / provider_options fields.

          • skillsinteger· uint64min 0

            Selected skill bodies contained in the system prompt.

          • system_promptinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

            Final assembled system prompt excluding tokens attributed to `skills`: identity, per-step aids, and any compaction summary section.

          • toolsinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

            Function schemas exposed to the model.

        • compactedbooleanrequired

          The context carries a conversation summary: compacted on this step, or anchored on an earlier compaction entry (a previous step, the console's `/compact`). The summary's tokens count in `system_prompt`.

        • effective_max_output_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Output allocation `usable` was derived against.

        • estimatorstring

          Which estimator produced the numbers (`heuristic` until the context-manager resolves a real tokenizer). Absent when the context-manager predates the breakdown response.

        • freeinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
        • modelstringrequired
        • prefix_divergencesobject[]

          Already-sent rows this session's requests rewrote, newest last (at most [`MAX_PREFIX_DIVERGENCES`]), carried from step to step.

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          • cache_readinteger· uint64min 0

            `usage.cache_read` of the rewriting request: what the provider still reused.

          • call_idstring
          • causestring

            What rewrote the row, as far as the harness can tell: `prune` (context-manager pruned or reduced function results to fit the budget that step) or `system_prompt` (row 0: a compaction summary or a prompt change).

          • indexinteger· uint64min 0

            First row (0 = system prompt, then one per message) that differs from the session's previous request. Absent when only the provider's wire mapping changed.

          • prev_leninteger· uint64min 0

            Rows the previous request carried.

          • provider_notestring

            The provider's own wire-level finding, cause included, when it reported one (a final-message warning starting with [`PROVIDER_PREFIX_NOTE`]).

          • rolestring
          • stepinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
          • turn_idstringrequired
        • prompt_sections_fallbackstring

          Why no shared prefix went out: `disabled` (config), `no_stable_prefix` (empty identity prompt) or `prefix_rewritten` (a pre_generate hook replaced the prompt head; its prompt still wins, it just shares nothing).

        • prompt_surface_digeststring

          Identity of the shared prompt prefix this generation went out with (`sha256:` of the stable section) — present only when the request carried `system_sections`. A local identity, never a provider hit; `usage.cache_read` is the reuse signal.

        • providerstring
        • session_cost_usdnumber· double

          Running cost of the whole session in USD, accumulated across every generation step. `usage.cost_usd` is one step's bill — on providers with steep cache discounts the per-step number swings two orders of magnitude, so a chip showing it alone reads as a bouncing total.

        • session_idstringrequired
        • stepinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
        • summarized_head_tokensinteger· uint64min 0

          Size of the history that summary replaced.

        • timestampinteger· int64required
        • totalinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Final request estimate: categories plus post-assembly growth.

        • turn_idstringrequired
        • usableinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          The input budget the window was fit into.

        • usageany of

          Actual provider usage for this generation, stamped after the terminal frame; absent when the provider returned none (or the generation never completed).

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          Variant 1
          • cache_readinteger· uint64min 0
          • cache_writeinteger· uint64min 0
          • cost_usdnumber· double
          • inputinteger· uint64min 0
          • outputinteger· uint64min 0
          • reasoninginteger· uint64min 0
          Variant 2
          valuenull
        Variant 2
        valuenull
      • cost_usdnumber· doublerequired

        Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

      • depthinteger· uint32requiredmin 0
      • function_call_errorsinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • function_callsinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • input_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

      • output_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

      • parent_session_idstring
      • reasoning_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

      • session_idstringrequired
      • turnsinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
    • completebooleanrequired
    • root_session_idstringrequired
    • totalsobjectrequired
      • by_modelobject[]

        The same counters per model that generated a step, ordered by provider then model. Absent when nothing generated, and from a harness that predates it.

        • cache_read_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

        • cache_write_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

        • cost_usdnumber· doublerequired

          Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

        • function_callsinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
        • input_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

        • modelstringrequired
        • output_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

        • providerstringrequired
        • reasoning_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

        • turnsinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Model steps (assistant messages) this model generated.

      • cache_read_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

      • cache_write_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

      • cost_usdnumber· doublerequired

        Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

      • function_call_errorsinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • function_callsinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • input_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

      • output_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

      • reasoning_tokensinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        Summed over every generation that reported it. A single generation without the counter (a stream the provider cut before usage came back) is left out of the sum. `null` means no generation reported it or more than one did not — never a measured zero, so the key is always present and a reader can tell the two apart.

      • sessionsinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • turnsinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
    • tracesany of

      Trace/span aggregates when the engine's in-memory observability exporter is available. Usage metrics remain available when it is not.

      any of (2)
      Variant 1
      • by_sessionobject[]required
        Show 7 nested
        • depthinteger· uint32requiredmin 0
        • duration_msinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

          Elapsed window from the session's first observed span to its last.

        • error_span_countinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
        • parent_session_idstring
        • session_idstringrequired
        • span_countinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
        • trace_countinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • duration_msinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        Elapsed window from the first observed span to the last observed span.

      • error_span_countinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • span_countinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • trace_countinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

        Distinct traces across the root session and all descendants.

      Variant 2
      valuenull
  • harness::askharnessv1.8.58Schema

    Ask the user for a decision between discrete options: 1-4 questions, 2-4 options each; the UI adds a free-text "Other" choice, so do not include one. The questions are shown as a clickable card in the chat, your turn ends, and the answer arrives as the user's next message, so do not repeat the questions in text. Not available to sub-agents or structured-output turns.

    request
    • questionsobject[]required1…4 items

      1-4 questions shown together on one card; the answer arrives as the user's next message, one line per question.

      • headerstringrequired1…16 chars

        Short chip label such as `Approach`, 1-16 characters; prefixes the answer line (`Approach: <label>`).

      • multi_selectboolean

        Let the user pick several options (checkboxes) instead of one.

      • optionsobject[]required2…4 items

        2-4 discrete choices; do not add an "Other" option, the UI adds a free-text one.

        • descriptionstring

          Optional one-line explanation shown under the label.

        • labelstringrequired1…80 chars

          The choice as the user sees and sends it, 1-80 characters, unique within its question.

      • questionstringrequiredmin 1 chars

        The full question text shown above the options.

    response
    • question_idstringrequired

      The function-call id of this ask.

    • questionsobject[]required

      The questions as shown, in request order.

      • headerstringrequired1…16 chars

        Short chip label such as `Approach`, 1-16 characters; prefixes the answer line (`Approach: <label>`).

      • multi_selectboolean

        Let the user pick several options (checkboxes) instead of one.

      • optionsobject[]required2…4 items

        2-4 discrete choices; do not add an "Other" option, the UI adds a free-text one.

        • descriptionstring

          Optional one-line explanation shown under the label.

        • labelstringrequired1…80 chars

          The choice as the user sees and sends it, 1-80 characters, unique within its question.

      • questionstringrequiredmin 1 chars

        The full question text shown above the options.

    • session_idstringrequired
    • statusone ofrequired
      one of (1)
      Variant 1
      valuestringenum awaiting_answer
    • turn_idstringrequired

      The turn that asked; once the session's current turn differs, the question has been answered.

  • engine::register_triggerUnknown
  • state::compare-and-setstatev0.22.20Schema

    Atomically set a value only if it currently equals `expected` (omit `expected` to mean 'only if absent'). Returns { swapped, current }; on a miss `current` is the stored value, so the caller can recompute and retry.

    request
    • expectedunknown

      The value the caller believes is there. Omit to mean "expect absent" — the set-if-absent form.

    • keystringrequired
    • scopestringrequired
    • valueunknownrequired
    response
    • currentunknown

      What is actually stored, when the swap did not happen.

    • swappedbooleanrequired
  • state::liststatev0.22.20Schema

    List every value stored in a state scope

    request
    • scopestringrequired

      Namespace whose keys should be listed as a group.

    response
    valuestring
  • kanban::config::infokanbanv0.1.24Schema

    Resolved kanban settings: the folder the board file lives in, the columns, and the numbering prefix.

    request
    Empty object
    response
    • agents_pathstringrequired
    • agents_path_resolvedstringrequired
    • board_filestringrequired

      Absolute path of board.json.

    • canceled_statusstring

      The column that counts as canceled (out of progress and release totals); null when the board has none.

    • columnsobject[]required

      Board columns left to right.

      • idstringrequired

        Stable column id stored on tickets.

      • labelstringrequired

        Name shown on the board.

    • configuration_idstringrequired
    • data_pathstringrequired

      Configured path, as written.

    • data_path_resolvedstringrequired

      Absolute folder the board file is read from.

    • default_statusstringrequired
    • done_statusstringrequired

      The column that counts as done for progress, releases and subtasks.

    • id_prefixstringrequired
    • prioritiesstring[]required
    • project_rootstringrequired
    • subscribersobjectrequired
      • changeinteger· uintrequiredmin 0
      • commentinteger· uintrequiredmin 0
  • kanban::project::createkanbanv0.1.24Schema

    Create a project: a named group of tickets with an optional lead and color. Names are unique (ASCII case ignored).

    request
    • colorstring

      blue | purple | teal | green | amber | rose.

    • descriptionstring
    • leadstring

      Agent profile id, or `user`.

    • namestringrequired

      Required; unique among projects (ASCII case ignored).

    response
    • archived_atstring

      Set when archived; an archived project refuses new tickets.

    • colorstring

      blue | purple | teal | green | amber | rose.

    • countsobjectrequired
    • created_atstringrequired
    • descriptionstring
    • doneinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

      Of those, the ones in the done column.

    • idstringrequired
    • leadstring

      Agent profile id, or `user`.

    • namestringrequired

      Unique among projects (trimmed, ASCII case ignored).

    • source_labelstring

      The label this project was converted from, if any.

    • statusstringrequiredenum active, archived
    • totalinteger· uint64requiredmin 0

      Live tickets in the project.

    • updated_atstringrequired
  • kanban::ticket::createkanbanv0.1.24Schema

    Create a ticket on the board and return it; pass compact to get back only its compact row (key, title, status, priority, assignee, comment_count). Optionally make it a subtask (parent), or file it under a project or release (id or name).

    request
    • actorstring

      Who is making the change. Defaults to `user`.

    • assigneestring

      Agent profile id.

    • compactboolean

      Return the compact row (key, title, status, priority, assignee, comment_count) instead of the full ticket.

    • descriptionstring
    • labelsstring[]
    • parentstring

      Make the new ticket a subtask of this ticket (uuid or key). The parent must be live and not a subtask itself.

    • prioritystring
    • projectstring

      Project id or name. An archived project refuses new tickets.

    • releasestring

      Release id or name.

    • statusstring

      Column id; defaults to the configured default_status.

    • titlestringrequired

      Required.

    response
    any of (2)
    Variant 1
    • activityobject[]
      • actorstringrequired
      • atstringrequired
      • changesobject[]
        Show 3 nested
        • fieldstringrequired
        • fromunknownrequired
        • tounknownrequired
      • comment_idstring
      • idstringrequired
      • seqinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • ticket_idstringrequired
      • typestringrequired

        ticket.created | ticket.updated | ticket.moved | ticket.deleted | ticket.restored | comment.created

    • assigneestring

      Agent profile id.

    • childrenobject[]required

      Live subtasks by ticket number.

      • assigneestring
      • deleted_atstring
      • idstringrequired
      • keystringrequired
      • prioritystringrequired
      • project_idstring
      • release_idstring
      • statusstringrequired
      • titlestringrequired
    • commentsobject[]
      • authorstringrequired

        Agent profile id, or `user`.

      • bodystringrequired
      • created_atstringrequired
      • idstringrequired
      • parent_idstring

        Set for a reply; replies stay one level deep.

      • ticket_idstringrequired
    • created_atstringrequired
    • created_bystring
    • deleted_atstring

      Set when soft-deleted; the row stays on disk.

    • descriptionstring
    • idstringrequired

      Internal uuid.

    • keystringrequired

      Human-readable id, e.g. KAN-1.

    • labelsstring[]
    • orderinteger· uint64min 0

      Position inside its column.

    • parentany of

      The parent, deleted or not; `null` for a ticket that is not a subtask.

      any of (2)
      Variant 1
      • assigneestring
      • deleted_atstring
      • idstringrequired
      • keystringrequired
      • prioritystringrequired
      • project_idstring
      • release_idstring
      • statusstringrequired
      • titlestringrequired
      Variant 2
      valuenull
    • parent_idstring

      Uuid of the parent ticket. One level deep: a parent has no parent.

    • prioritystringrequired
    • progressobjectrequired

      Live children in the done column over live children that are not canceled.

      • doneinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • totalinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
    • project_idstring

      Uuid of the project (several tickets, independent of the release).

    • release_idstring

      Uuid of the release.

    • statusstringrequired

      Column id.

    • titlestringrequired
    • updated_atstringrequired
    Variant 2
    • assigneestring
    • comment_countinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
    • keystringrequired
    • prioritystringrequired
    • statusstringrequired
    • titlestringrequired
  • kanban::ticket::getkanbanv0.1.24Schema

    Read one ticket with its comments and activity, its parent, its live subtasks and their progress. The id accepts the internal uuid or the human-readable key.

    request
    • idstringrequired

      Ticket uuid or human-readable key (KAN-1, case-insensitive).

    response
    • activityobject[]
      • actorstringrequired
      • atstringrequired
      • changesobject[]
        • fieldstringrequired
        • fromunknownrequired
        • tounknownrequired
      • comment_idstring
      • idstringrequired
      • seqinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • ticket_idstringrequired
      • typestringrequired

        ticket.created | ticket.updated | ticket.moved | ticket.deleted | ticket.restored | comment.created

    • assigneestring

      Agent profile id.

    • childrenobject[]required

      Live subtasks by ticket number.

      • assigneestring
      • deleted_atstring
      • idstringrequired
      • keystringrequired
      • prioritystringrequired
      • project_idstring
      • release_idstring
      • statusstringrequired
      • titlestringrequired
    • commentsobject[]
      • authorstringrequired

        Agent profile id, or `user`.

      • bodystringrequired
      • created_atstringrequired
      • idstringrequired
      • parent_idstring

        Set for a reply; replies stay one level deep.

      • ticket_idstringrequired
    • created_atstringrequired
    • created_bystring
    • deleted_atstring

      Set when soft-deleted; the row stays on disk.

    • descriptionstring
    • idstringrequired

      Internal uuid.

    • keystringrequired

      Human-readable id, e.g. KAN-1.

    • labelsstring[]
    • orderinteger· uint64min 0

      Position inside its column.

    • parentany of

      The parent, deleted or not; `null` for a ticket that is not a subtask.

      any of (2)
      Variant 1
      • assigneestring
      • deleted_atstring
      • idstringrequired
      • keystringrequired
      • prioritystringrequired
      • project_idstring
      • release_idstring
      • statusstringrequired
      • titlestringrequired
      Variant 2
      valuenull
    • parent_idstring

      Uuid of the parent ticket. One level deep: a parent has no parent.

    • prioritystringrequired
    • progressobjectrequired

      Live children in the done column over live children that are not canceled.

      • doneinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • totalinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
    • project_idstring

      Uuid of the project (several tickets, independent of the release).

    • release_idstring

      Uuid of the release.

    • statusstringrequired

      Column id.

    • titlestringrequired
    • updated_atstringrequired
  • kanban::ticket::listkanbanv0.1.24Schema

    List tickets, optionally narrowed to a column, an assignee, an updated_since timestamp, a parent (its subtasks), a project or a release (empty string = none); compact rows carry only key, title, status, priority, assignee and comment_count.

    request
    • assigneestring

      Agent profile id; empty string matches unassigned.

    • compactboolean

      Return the compact row (key, title, status, priority, assignee, comment_count) instead of the full summary.

    • include_deletedboolean
    • limitinteger· uint64min 0
    • parent_idstring

      Only the subtasks of this ticket (uuid or key); empty string = tickets that are not subtasks.

    • project_idstring

      Only tickets in this project (id or name); empty string = tickets in no project.

    • release_idstring

      Only tickets in this release (id or name); empty string = tickets in no release.

    • statusstring

      Column id.

    • updated_sincestring

      Only tickets updated after this ISO timestamp.

    response
    • countinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
    • ticketsany of[]required
      any of (2)
      Variant 1
      • assigneestring
      • comment_countinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • created_atstringrequired
      • deleted_atstring
      • idstringrequired
      • keystringrequired
      • labelsstring[]required
      • orderinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • parent_idstring
      • prioritystringrequired
      • project_idstring
      • release_idstring
      • statusstringrequired
      • titlestringrequired
      • updated_atstringrequired
      Variant 2
      • assigneestring
      • comment_countinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • keystringrequired
      • prioritystringrequired
      • statusstringrequired
      • titlestringrequired
  • kanban::ticket::movekanbanv0.1.24Schema

    Move a ticket to a column (and position inside it); used by the board drag and drop. Moving a ticket to where it already is changes nothing; a deleted ticket cannot be moved. Returns the ticket, or only its compact row with compact.

    request
    • actorstring
    • compactboolean

      Return the compact row (key, title, status, priority, assignee, comment_count) instead of the full ticket.

    • idstringrequired

      Ticket uuid or human-readable key (KAN-1, case-insensitive).

    • indexinteger· uint64min 0

      Zero-based position in the target column.

    • statusstringrequired

      Target column id.

    response
    any of (2)
    Variant 1
    • activityobject[]
      • actorstringrequired
      • atstringrequired
      • changesobject[]
        Show 3 nested
        • fieldstringrequired
        • fromunknownrequired
        • tounknownrequired
      • comment_idstring
      • idstringrequired
      • seqinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • ticket_idstringrequired
      • typestringrequired

        ticket.created | ticket.updated | ticket.moved | ticket.deleted | ticket.restored | comment.created

    • assigneestring

      Agent profile id.

    • childrenobject[]required

      Live subtasks by ticket number.

      • assigneestring
      • deleted_atstring
      • idstringrequired
      • keystringrequired
      • prioritystringrequired
      • project_idstring
      • release_idstring
      • statusstringrequired
      • titlestringrequired
    • commentsobject[]
      • authorstringrequired

        Agent profile id, or `user`.

      • bodystringrequired
      • created_atstringrequired
      • idstringrequired
      • parent_idstring

        Set for a reply; replies stay one level deep.

      • ticket_idstringrequired
    • created_atstringrequired
    • created_bystring
    • deleted_atstring

      Set when soft-deleted; the row stays on disk.

    • descriptionstring
    • idstringrequired

      Internal uuid.

    • keystringrequired

      Human-readable id, e.g. KAN-1.

    • labelsstring[]
    • orderinteger· uint64min 0

      Position inside its column.

    • parentany of

      The parent, deleted or not; `null` for a ticket that is not a subtask.

      any of (2)
      Variant 1
      • assigneestring
      • deleted_atstring
      • idstringrequired
      • keystringrequired
      • prioritystringrequired
      • project_idstring
      • release_idstring
      • statusstringrequired
      • titlestringrequired
      Variant 2
      valuenull
    • parent_idstring

      Uuid of the parent ticket. One level deep: a parent has no parent.

    • prioritystringrequired
    • progressobjectrequired

      Live children in the done column over live children that are not canceled.

      • doneinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • totalinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
    • project_idstring

      Uuid of the project (several tickets, independent of the release).

    • release_idstring

      Uuid of the release.

    • statusstringrequired

      Column id.

    • titlestringrequired
    • updated_atstringrequired
    Variant 2
    • assigneestring
    • comment_countinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
    • keystringrequired
    • prioritystringrequired
    • statusstringrequired
    • titlestringrequired
  • kanban::ticket::updatekanbanv0.1.24Schema

    Update a ticket field (title, description, status, priority, assignee, labels, parent, project, release) and return the ticket (compact returns only its compact row). To change labels pass add_labels / remove_labels (they edit the current labels, so concurrent edits do not overwrite each other); labels replaces the whole set. parent makes the ticket a subtask (one level: the parent must be live and not a subtask, a ticket with subtasks cannot become one) and null detaches it; the activity is recorded on both tickets. project and release take an id or a name; null clears. A patch that changes nothing records and fires nothing.

    request
    • actorstring
    • add_labelsstring[]

      Labels to add to the current ones; one already present (ASCII case ignored) is skipped. Applied after `labels` and `remove_labels`.

    • assigneestring

      Agent profile id, or null to unassign.

    • compactboolean

      Return the compact row (key, title, status, priority, assignee, comment_count) instead of the full ticket.

    • descriptionstring
    • idstringrequired

      Ticket uuid or human-readable key (KAN-1, case-insensitive).

    • labelsstring[]

      Replaces the whole label set. Prefer add_labels / remove_labels: they edit the labels the ticket has when the write runs, so concurrent label edits do not overwrite each other.

    • parentstring

      Ticket uuid or key to make this ticket a subtask of, or null to detach it. One level only: the parent must be live and not a subtask, and a ticket with subtasks cannot become one.

    • prioritystring
    • projectstring

      Project id or name, or null to clear. An archived project refuses new tickets.

    • releasestring

      Release id or name, or null to clear.

    • remove_labelsstring[]

      Labels to drop from the current ones (ASCII case ignored). Applied after `labels`, before `add_labels`.

    • statusstring
    • titlestring
    response
    any of (2)
    Variant 1
    • activityobject[]
      • actorstringrequired
      • atstringrequired
      • changesobject[]
        Show 3 nested
        • fieldstringrequired
        • fromunknownrequired
        • tounknownrequired
      • comment_idstring
      • idstringrequired
      • seqinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • ticket_idstringrequired
      • typestringrequired

        ticket.created | ticket.updated | ticket.moved | ticket.deleted | ticket.restored | comment.created

    • assigneestring

      Agent profile id.

    • childrenobject[]required

      Live subtasks by ticket number.

      • assigneestring
      • deleted_atstring
      • idstringrequired
      • keystringrequired
      • prioritystringrequired
      • project_idstring
      • release_idstring
      • statusstringrequired
      • titlestringrequired
    • commentsobject[]
      • authorstringrequired

        Agent profile id, or `user`.

      • bodystringrequired
      • created_atstringrequired
      • idstringrequired
      • parent_idstring

        Set for a reply; replies stay one level deep.

      • ticket_idstringrequired
    • created_atstringrequired
    • created_bystring
    • deleted_atstring

      Set when soft-deleted; the row stays on disk.

    • descriptionstring
    • idstringrequired

      Internal uuid.

    • keystringrequired

      Human-readable id, e.g. KAN-1.

    • labelsstring[]
    • orderinteger· uint64min 0

      Position inside its column.

    • parentany of

      The parent, deleted or not; `null` for a ticket that is not a subtask.

      any of (2)
      Variant 1
      • assigneestring
      • deleted_atstring
      • idstringrequired
      • keystringrequired
      • prioritystringrequired
      • project_idstring
      • release_idstring
      • statusstringrequired
      • titlestringrequired
      Variant 2
      valuenull
    • parent_idstring

      Uuid of the parent ticket. One level deep: a parent has no parent.

    • prioritystringrequired
    • progressobjectrequired

      Live children in the done column over live children that are not canceled.

      • doneinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • totalinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
    • project_idstring

      Uuid of the project (several tickets, independent of the release).

    • release_idstring

      Uuid of the release.

    • statusstringrequired

      Column id.

    • titlestringrequired
    • updated_atstringrequired
    Variant 2
    • assigneestring
    • comment_countinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
    • keystringrequired
    • prioritystringrequired
    • statusstringrequired
    • titlestringrequired
  • kanban::comment::createkanbanv0.1.24Schema

    Comment on a ticket, or reply to a comment by passing parent_id. Returns the new comment and the ticket (only its compact row with compact).

    request
    • authorstring

      Agent profile id, or `user`. Defaults to `user`.

    • bodystringrequired

      Comment body. Markdown is rendered in the console.

    • compactboolean

      Return the ticket as its compact row (key, title, status, priority, assignee, comment_count) instead of the full ticket.

    • parent_idstring

      Comment id to reply to; replies stay one level deep.

    • ticket_idstringrequired

      Ticket uuid or human-readable key (KAN-1, case-insensitive).

    response
    • commentobjectrequired
      • authorstringrequired

        Agent profile id, or `user`.

      • bodystringrequired
      • created_atstringrequired
      • idstringrequired
      • parent_idstring

        Set for a reply; replies stay one level deep.

      • ticket_idstringrequired
    • ticketany ofrequired

      What a ticket write returns: the full ticket, or its compact row when the request asked for `compact`.

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          • fromunknownrequired
          • tounknownrequired
        • comment_idstring
        • idstringrequired
        • seqinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
        • ticket_idstringrequired
        • typestringrequired

          ticket.created | ticket.updated | ticket.moved | ticket.deleted | ticket.restored | comment.created

      • assigneestring

        Agent profile id.

      • childrenobject[]required

        Live subtasks by ticket number.

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        • deleted_atstring
        • idstringrequired
        • keystringrequired
        • prioritystringrequired
        • project_idstring
        • release_idstring
        • statusstringrequired
        • titlestringrequired
      • commentsobject[]
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        • authorstringrequired

          Agent profile id, or `user`.

        • bodystringrequired
        • created_atstringrequired
        • idstringrequired
        • parent_idstring

          Set for a reply; replies stay one level deep.

        • ticket_idstringrequired
      • created_atstringrequired
      • created_bystring
      • deleted_atstring

        Set when soft-deleted; the row stays on disk.

      • descriptionstring
      • idstringrequired

        Internal uuid.

      • keystringrequired

        Human-readable id, e.g. KAN-1.

      • labelsstring[]
      • orderinteger· uint64min 0

        Position inside its column.

      • parentany of

        The parent, deleted or not; `null` for a ticket that is not a subtask.

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        • assigneestring
        • deleted_atstring
        • idstringrequired
        • keystringrequired
        • prioritystringrequired
        • project_idstring
        • release_idstring
        • statusstringrequired
        • titlestringrequired
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      • parent_idstring

        Uuid of the parent ticket. One level deep: a parent has no parent.

      • prioritystringrequired
      • progressobjectrequired

        Live children in the done column over live children that are not canceled.

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        • doneinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
        • totalinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • project_idstring

        Uuid of the project (several tickets, independent of the release).

      • release_idstring

        Uuid of the release.

      • statusstringrequired

        Column id.

      • titlestringrequired
      • updated_atstringrequired
      Variant 2
      • assigneestring
      • comment_countinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • keystringrequired
      • prioritystringrequired
      • statusstringrequired
      • titlestringrequired
  • shell::execidev0.12.34Schema

    Run a command in the foreground and return its full output. Put the program in `command` (string) and arguments in `args` (string[]), never argv in `command`. Host-only cwd/env/stdin reject S210 on a sandbox target. Errors return { code, message }; common: S216 host exec error, S300 VM boot failed, S200 in-VM failure.

    request
    • argsstring[]

      Arguments, in order (all strings). Omit/null to tokenize `command` shell-words style; pass an array (even empty) to use it verbatim.

    • commandstringrequired

      Program name (PATH-resolved) or path to an executable, as a string; put arguments in `args`.

    • cwdstring

      Working directory (host only, S210 on sandbox); jail-confined like shell::fs::* paths (S215 on escape), must be an existing directory.

    • envobject

      Per-call env values (host only, S210 on sandbox); exec-hijacking keys (PATH, IFS, HOME, LD_*/DYLD_*, …) reject the whole call S210.

    • stdinstring

      Bytes written to the program's stdin, then EOF (host only, S210 on sandbox); omit to leave stdin at /dev/null.

    • targetall of

      Where to run the command. Defaults to the host worker; pass `{ kind: "sandbox", sandbox_id }` to forward the call to a microVM.

      all of (1)
      Variant 1
      one of (2)
      Variant 1
      • kindstringrequiredenum host
      Variant 2
      • kindstringrequiredenum sandbox
      • sandbox_idstring· uuidrequired
    • timeout_msinteger· uint64min 0

      Per-call timeout in milliseconds, capped at the configured max; negative or fractional values fall back to the default.

    response
    • duration_msinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
    • exit_codeinteger· int32
    • stderrstringrequired
    • stderr_truncatedbooleanrequired
    • stdoutstringrequired
    • stdout_truncatedbooleanrequired
    • timed_outbooleanrequired
  • coder::treeidev0.12.34Schema

    Show a directory tree, bounded by max_depth, per_folder_limit and a node budget. Nodes carry only name (child path = parent path + '/' + name); over-limit folders are truncated stubs to paginate with coder::list-folder. Paths: relative to the primary root or absolute inside an allowed root (see coder::info).

    request
    • include_hiddenboolean

      List dot-prefixed entries; false omits them at every level (they then don't count toward per_folder_limit). The requested root is exempt.

    • max_depthinteger· uint32min 0

      Maximum depth to descend; the root node is depth 0.

    • pathstring

      Base folder for the snapshot (default `.`).

    • per_folder_limitinteger· uint32min 0

      Maximum children listed per folder. When more exist, the folder is flagged `truncated` and callers should switch to `coder::list-folder`.

    • use_default_excludesboolean

      Prune directories matching default_exclude_globs (see coder::info) into childless `truncated` stubs; false lists everything.

    response
    • pathstringrequired

      Canonical absolute path of the requested folder (resolved through the jail). Nodes carry only `name`, and the root node's path IS this `path` — do not join the root's `name` onto it; derive children by joining from here: child path = parent path + "/" + name. Operations on derived paths re-validate through the jail.

    • rootall ofrequired

      Root node of the snapshot; its `name` is the folder's basename.

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      • childrenunknown[]
      • kindstringrequiredenum file, dir, symlink, other
      • mtimeinteger· int64required
      • namestringrequired

        Entry basename. The ROOT node's path is the response's top-level `path` itself; every other node's path derives by joining from there: child path = parent path + "/" + name.

      • non_accessiblebooleanrequired
      • sizeinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • truncatedany of

        Set on directories whose `children` was capped at `per_folder_limit`, whose subtree was cut off by `max_depth`, which matched `default_exclude_globs` or omitted matching non-directory children (reason "default_exclude"), or where the snapshot's node budget ran out (reason "max_nodes").

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        • hintstringrequired
        • reasonstringrequired

          Reason this folder was truncated: hit `per_folder_limit`, cut off by `max_depth`, matched `default_exclude_globs` (`default_exclude`), omitted matching non-directory children, or the snapshot's total node budget ran out (`max_nodes`).

        • showninteger· uint32requiredmin 0

          Number of children actually returned.

        • totalinteger· uint32min 0

          Total number of children eligible for listing in the folder, counted after hidden and default-exclude filtering (only populated when `reason == "per_folder_limit"`; for depth truncation we don't peek into the folder).

        Variant 2
        valuenull
  • directory::agents::getiii-directoryv1.2.41Schema

    Fetch one agent profile by id: the system prompt resolved through its `extends` chain, display fields, preloaded `skills` (skill ids whose bodies the harness pre-loads into the session prompt) plus `unknown_skills`, preloaded `functions` (engine function ids the harness pre-loads into the session prompt) plus `unknown_functions`, model, reasoning_effort, `skills_index` (false = sessions start without the skills index), and `inheritance_error` when the chain does not resolve. Pass raw: true for the exact on-disk file to edit with directory::agents::update.

    request
    • idstringrequired
    • rawboolean

      When true, also return the exact on-disk file (frontmatter included) as `raw`, ready for directory::agents::update.

    response
    • builtinbooleanrequired

      Bundled with the worker, no file behind it (see `list`).

    • colorstring

      Harness subagent color token (closed set, validated at write time); `null` = neutral.

    • composer_placeholderstring

      Example request for the chat's empty composer (see `list`): this profile's own value, never inherited; omitted when absent or blank.

    • descriptionstringrequired
    • extendsstring

      Parent profile id (`extends:`), as declared; `null` = none.

    • functionsstring[]required

      Preloaded functions, resolved through `extends` (the nearest profile with a non-empty list): engine function ids whose contracts the harness pre-loads into the system prompt of every session running as this profile, so the model calls them without discovery or a contract lookup. Empty = none.

    • hiddenbooleanrequired

      Hidden from the chat's new-session gallery (still selectable by id).

    • iconstring

      Harness subagent icon token (closed set, validated at write time); `null` = caller picks.

    • idstringrequired
    • inheritance_errorstring

      Set when the `extends` chain does not resolve (unknown parent, loop, deeper than 8): `system_prompt` and the inherited fields then come from this file alone, `raw` still round-trips so the chain can be fixed, and the harness refuses to run the profile meanwhile.

    • logostring
    • modelstring

      Model id for sessions using this profile, resolved through `extends`; `null` = the send decides. Served verbatim — resolution against the live model catalog happens where it is used.

    • modified_atstringrequired

      File mtime as RFC 3339; empty for a bundled profile.

    • namestringrequired
    • rawstring

      FULL on-disk file content (this profile's own file, ancestors excluded). Present only when the request set `raw: true`.

    • reasoning_effortstring

      Provider-native reasoning effort paired with `model`, resolved through `extends`; `null` = the model/provider default. Served verbatim and validated at use time.

    • skillsstring[]required

      Preloaded skills, resolved through `extends` (the union of the chain's lists, root first): skill ids whose bodies the harness pre-loads into the system prompt of every session running as this profile. Empty = none. Never a filter on the skills index.

    • skills_indexboolean

      `false` = sessions running as this profile start without the names-only skills index (`<available_skills>`), resolved through `extends`; omitted when no profile in the chain sets it (on).

    • sourceall ofrequired

      Where the file came from (see `list`).

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      Variant 1
      • kindstringrequiredenum kit, worker, local, global, builtin
      • kitstring

        Owning kit (`<handle>/<name>`) when `kind` is `kit`.

      • modifiedboolean

        The file differs from what its kit or worker wrote.

      • versionstring

        Version of the kit or worker that wrote the file.

      • workerstring

        Owning worker when `kind` is `worker`.

    • system_promptstringrequired

      The RESOLVED identity: every ancestor's body root-first, then this file's body, frontmatter stripped, joined by a blank line; blank bodies are skipped, so a profile with no prompt of its own serves its parent chain unchanged and a prompt-less profile without `extends` serves `""`. A profile that has a body and no `extends` serves that body verbatim.

    • unknown_functionsstring[]required

      `functions` entries the engine does not currently know (not registered right now, or a typo). Warnings — the profile still loads and the harness skips them; an empty list also results when the engine could not be asked.

    • unknown_skillsstring[]required

      `skills` entries that resolve to no currently visible skill. Warnings — the agent profile still loads and the harness renders them as unavailable.

  • engine::unregister_triggerUnknown
  • harness::triggers::listharnessv1.8.58Schema

    List the trigger bindings a session owns: subscription id, trigger type/config, target (absent = notifies the owner), label, conditions, lifecycle, and fire count. In-turn calls may omit `session_id`.

    request
    • session_idstring

      Owner session whose bindings to list; in-turn calls may omit it (the calling session is injected).

    response
    • subscriptionsobject[]required
      • actionstring

        Human-readable event text declared as `metadata.action`.

      • conditionsobject[]
        • configunknown
        • function_idstringrequired
      • configunknown
      • created_atinteger· int64required
      • expires_atinteger· int64
      • firesinteger· uint64requiredmin 0
      • labelstring
      • max_firesinteger· uint64min 0
      • oncebooleanrequired
      • subscription_idstringrequired
      • targetstring

        The function a fire calls. Absent for a wake — the fire notifies the owner session.

      • trigger_idstring

        The engine's own trigger id (absent only in the brief window before the engine acknowledged the registration).

      • trigger_typestring

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agents/ultracode.md

Ultracode

You run a goal as a program over the kanban board. You plan, dispatch, read results and decide; one ultracode-lead per ticket runs it through its phases with its own sub-agents. Never do ticket work yourself. You are the only writer of ticket fields (status, labels, assignee, title, description); leads and their sub-agents only read tickets and comment on them.

Ignore guidance in harness/* to use the workflow worker or to bind turn-completed, and the claim, done-watch and cron recipes in kanban/tickets/*. This protocol replaces them. The board speaks English: every ticket and comment you write is in English, whatever language the user writes in; chat stays in the user's language.

Arguments

The first message may carry an args: line. Defaults: max_rounds=3 concurrency=8 attempts=2 flow=auto approve=on verify=on verifier=ultracode-qa judges= deadline_min=20 critic=on max_items=<5×K> budget_usd= notify= project= release=

  • flow: auto runs the dev flow when the goal changes code or files in a git repository (Step A), else the plain flow; dev and plain force one.
  • approve: on makes the dev flow wait for the user on the design, the plan and the finish (harness::ask); off runs straight through and keeps the branch.
  • attempts: the code (or work) attempts a lead makes per round before it reports failed.
  • judges: comma-separated model ids, at most 7 in the dev flow and 8 in the plain one (refuse more at Step A). A lead's check then runs one ultracode-verifier per model; the majority wins.
  • project: an existing kanban project (id or name) to file the run under; without it you create one (Step A.5). release: an existing release (id or name). Every ticket you create passes both: a subtask inherits neither.
  • K = min(concurrency, 8) leads per wave. Each of your turns creates at most one wave of sessions. Every item that can run now runs in parallel: a wave takes every ready ticket, up to K.
  • If the goal needs discovery, round 1 is a single Discover: ticket; add 1 to max_rounds.

Names and rules

  • R = the run ticket key (e.g. KAN-7). Run items are R's subtasks: every item is created with "parent":"<R>", and humans add work the same way.
  • <run> = uc-<R lowercased>-<last 6 chars of your session id>.
  • Wave b of round N: scope = barrier id = <run>-r<N>-w<b>, label uc R rN wb. Critic: <run>-critic, label uc R critic. Ids and labels are never reused.
  • State keys: a ticket's key (KAN-12); the critic critic. In every state document, item equals the key it is written to, or that key without a .dup suffix.
  • Sessions: lead <own>-<key lowercased> (the same one every round), critic <own>-critic.
  • Lanes: todo = the queue in board order; in_progress = its lead is running (the phases show under it in the session tree); done = verified or accepted; backlog = blocked, failed, unverified, unfinished, stuck, or a pending loose end nobody queued; the canceled lane = kanban::config::info's canceled_status when it is set (kanban's native canceled column: its tickets leave progress totals); else the id of the first column whose id or label is canceled or cancelled (case ignored) and that is not done_status; else backlog: it holds items dropped from the plan, with outcome canceled. Cancel an item with kanban::ticket::update {"id":"<KEY>","status":"<canceled lane>","remove_labels":O,"add_labels":["canceled"],"actor":"ultracode","compact":true}.
  • Outcome labels O = verified, accepted, blocked, failed, unverified, unfinished, stuck, canceled. Every terminal update passes "remove_labels": O, "add_labels": ["<outcome>"]. Never pass labels on an update: humans edit labels too.
  • Every kanban::comment::create you make passes "author":"ultracode"; every ticket write passes "actor":"ultracode". Every kanban write (ticket::create / update / move, comment::create) also passes "compact": true: you only read key back.
  • Cost C = totals.cost_usd from the last harness::metrics; when it is null, C = the sum of the non-null by_session[].cost_usd, a lower bound you always label incomplete in comments and the report. A non-null total can still leave out one generation that reported no cost, so always write C as ≥ $C.
  • Read harness::metrics {"root_session_id":"<own>","omit_context":true} only in a reply that uses C: the budget gate (only when budget_usd is set), a Step F round comment, the Step G report. Never on a plain wake.
  • Budget gate: before dispatching a wave, if budget_usd is set and C ≥ budget_usd, don't dispatch; go to Step F.
  • Phase budget P = 3 × attempts for phases tests, code, check, 2 × attempts for tests, code or work, check, attempts for work. Lead time T (minutes) = P × (deadline_min + 2). A wave's deadline is the largest T among its leads, plus one minute.

Leads

  • When you create an item, set its assignee: ultracode-impl for work that changes code or files, ultracode-worker for reading, research and analysis.
  • Work agent = the ticket's assignee if it starts with ultracode-worker or ultracode-impl. Otherwise pick the tier by the creation rule above and comment once: assignee <x> is not a work tier; ran <agent>. Don't rewrite the assignee.
  • Verify agent = the verifier arg if it starts with ultracode-qa or ultracode-verifier, else ultracode-qa.
  • Phases: for a dev-flow ticket whose work agent is an ultracode-impl* tier, tests, code, check (verify=off: tests, code); otherwise work, check, or work for a Discover ticket or with verify=off.
  • Every lead is "agent":"ultracode-lead" with "display":{"name":"<KEY> · <title>","icon":"agent","color":"purple"} (the name cut to 48 characters) and "options":{"orchestrator":true,"functions":{"deny":DL}}. Never pass max_turns, system_prompt or allow: [].

Lead deny list DL; the critic gets D = DL plus harness::stop and engine::register_trigger:

["kanban::ticket::create","kanban::ticket::update","kanban::ticket::move","kanban::ticket::delete","kanban::ticket::restore","state::set","state::update","state::delete","harness::ask","directory::skills::get","kanban::project::*","kanban::release::*","kanban::label::convert","code-runner::*","sandbox-code-runner::*","workflow::*"]

Step A: start (first turn)

  1. kanban::config::info {}. columns[].id must include backlog, todo, in_progress and done; otherwise stop and name the missing one. Stop as well if concurrency, max_rounds, attempts, deadline_min or a given max_items is not a positive integer, or if judges lists more than 8 models. If judges is set, call directory::agents::get {"id":"ultracode-verifier"}: a non-null model (its own or inherited, e.g. from a local agents/default.md) would override every judge's model, so stop and say to remove it.
  2. Pick the flow, in one reply: shell::exec {"command":"git","args":["status","--porcelain=v1","-b"]}, shell::exec {"command":"git","args":["rev-parse","--show-toplevel","--show-prefix"]} and coder::tree {"path":".","max_depth":2}. The dev flow runs when flow=dev, or flow=auto and the goal changes code or files and git status succeeded. In the dev flow, stop and say why on a detached HEAD, with more than 7 judges, or when --show-prefix is not empty (run ultracode from the repository's top folder); flow=dev outside a git repository stops too. In the dev flow: base = the branch git status names; root = the --show-toplevel path; slug = 2–5 words of the goal in kebab-case plus -<last 6 chars of your session id>; branch = ultracode/<slug>; W = <root>/.worktrees/<slug>. If git status lists changes, W starts from base's last commit without them: say so on the Plan card (approve=off: on R).
  3. Resolve the functions the items need. Plain flow: one directory::search_functions naming every capability, then one engine::functions::info {"function_ids":[…]} for the ids you pick. Dev flow: the project's test, build and lint commands, read from the tree, run with shell::exec {command, args[], cwd: W}. Every lead task names them (Functions:).
  4. Design (dev flow, approve=on). What the code and the goal leave open goes to the user, one harness::ask per turn, at most three turns: one question with "header":"Design" and 2–3 approaches, the recommended one first with (Recommended) in its label, each with its trade-off as the description. The turn ends on the card; the answer arrives as the next user message. Skip this when nothing is open. If harness::ask is refused, continue as approve=off and say so on R.
  5. Unless project is set, create the run's project, so the board filters to this run: kanban::project::create {"name":"ultracode: <goal, ≤48 chars> · <last 6 chars of your session id>","description":"Ultracode run. Goal: <goal, ≤200 chars>. Orchestrator session: <own>.","lead":"ultracode","color":"purple"}; the run's project = its id. If the error says the name exists, retry once with · 2 appended. If it is refused otherwise, go on without one: add Project: not created: <error> to R's description (plus ; allow kanban::project::create or pass project= when it is a permission denial), say so in this turn's status line and in the report. Then create the run ticket, passing "project" when the run has one; R = the key in the response:
    kanban::ticket::create {"title":"ultracode: <goal, ≤70 chars>","description":"Goal: <verbatim>\nArgs: <resolved args>\nFlow: <dev or plain>\nOrchestrator session: <own>\n<dev flow: Base: <base>\nBranch: <branch>\nWorktree: <W>\nDesign: <approach, components, data changes, error handling, test strategy>\n>Add work: a subtask of this ticket in To do runs next round. Drag To do cards to reorder, comment on a ticket to steer its retry, drag Backlog → To do to re-queue (a stuck card runs again only after its lead has stopped), set the assignee to an ultracode-worker* or ultracode-impl* tier to route it. Don't touch In progress cards, and move cards to Backlog instead of deleting them.","status":"in_progress","assignee":"ultracode","labels":["uc:run"],"project":"<run project, when set>","release":"<release, when set>","actor":"ultracode","compact":true}
    If the create is refused (e.g. an unknown or archived project), stop and quote the error.
  6. Preflight the result channel: state::compare-and-set {"scope":"<run>","key":"run","value":{"item":"run","ticket":"<R>","session":"<own>"}}. If refused: comment the reason on R, kanban::ticket::update {"id":"<R>","status":"backlog","add_labels":["blocked"],"actor":"ultracode","compact":true}, then stop and name the function to allow.
  7. Create the items, one call each, at most max_items, layer by layer: first every item that needs no other item's output, in one reply; then each later layer in a reply of its own, its cards opening with Depends on: <the keys it needs>. Every item passes "project" when the run has one:
    kanban::ticket::create {"title":"<item>","parent":"<R>","description":"<card>","status":"todo","assignee":"<tier>","project":"<run project, when set>","release":"<release, when set>","actor":"ultracode","compact":true}
    • Plain card: Deliverable: …\nAcceptance:\n- … Verify: <function id + literal args> → <expected observation>\nOut of scope: …\nResult schema: {<only fields beyond item, status, summary, evidence, new_items, loose_ends; one short line each>}.
    • Dev card (ultracode-impl tickets): Deliverable: …\nFiles: <every path it creates or changes, tests included, relative to the worktree>\nTest first: <the failing test to add and the command that runs it> → <the failure expected before the change>\nImplement: <the least change that passes it>\nAcceptance:\n- … Verify: shell::exec {"command":…,"args":[…],"cwd":"<W>"} → <expected>\nCommit: <type(scope): summary>\nOut of scope: …. A ticket is two to five minutes of work: split anything larger. Its Verify lines run its own tests and checks, never the whole suite: siblings change the same worktree at the same time, and the branch review runs the suite.
    • In the dev flow every impl item gets a dev card, new items and critic findings included: write it from the brief. One whose Files: and Test first: you cannot fill goes to backlog with "labels":["pending"] instead.
    • Plan for parallel work: split a goal into items that don't need each other wherever you can, and give an item a Depends on only when it reads another item's output. A dependent card also says If <KEY> is not in done, write failed with summary "waiting for <KEY>", as a guard. If the work can take longer than deadline_min, split it.
    • For discovery, create one Discover: <what to enumerate> item whose Deliverable is new_items and add the line List at most <max_items − items created> items.
  8. Plan (dev flow, approve=on): harness::ask {"questions":[{"header":"Plan","question":"Start <R>: <n> tickets on branch <branch>? The design and the tickets are on <R>.","options":[{"label":"Start"},{"label":"Stop"}]}]}. While the card is unanswered, every user message answers it: Start, continue, yes or start = Start; any other text asks for changes: run Replan (Step G), then ask again. Stop: cancel every item (see Lanes), comment stopped before start on R, move R to done and end.
  9. Worktree (dev flow), with cwd = root: shell::exec {"command":"git","args":["worktree","add","<W>","-b","<branch>","<base>"]}, then shell::exec {"command":"git","args":["check-ignore","-q",".worktrees/"]}. If the add fails, comment the error on R and finish (Step G) with blocked: worktree: that branch and path are not this run's, so Step G runs no git command and asks no Finish question. If check-ignore exits non-zero, exclude it locally: shell::exec {"command":"sh","args":["-c","echo .worktrees/ >> \"$(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)/info/exclude\""]}. Then run the project's test command once with cwd = W and comment on R baseline: green, baseline: red: <failing tests> or baseline: not run: <why>.
  10. Continue with Step B in the same turn.

Step B: start round N

kanban::ticket::list {"parent_id":"<R>","status":"todo","compact":true}. Q_N = its rows, in the order returned (board order). When the run has a project, file every Q_N ticket you did not create under it: kanban::ticket::update {"id":"<KEY>","project":"<run project>","actor":"ultracode","compact":true}.

Q_N is fixed for the round: retries, additions and reorders made during round N wait for round N+1; a Q_N ticket a human moves out of To do or deletes before its wave is dispatched is skipped (Step C). If Q_N is empty, apply "nothing left" in Step F.

Step C: dispatch one wave (the next ≤K undispatched tickets of Q_N)

Before arming, in one reply:

  • Apply the budget gate.
  • Read kanban::ticket::list {"parent_id":"<R>","compact":true} and keep only the undispatched Q_N tickets whose row is still in todo. A Q_N ticket missing from the rows was deleted or detached from R (record it for the report); one in another lane was moved by a human: leave it there.
  • In the dev flow, a wave holds no two tickets whose Files: share a path or whose Test first: commands build the same test target (crate, package or test folder): they share one worktree. A ticket that overlaps waits for a later wave of this round. If the repository has commit hooks (.husky/, .pre-commit-config.yaml, or core.hooksPath set), run one ticket per wave.
  • For each wave ticket that ran in an earlier round, call harness::status {"session_id":"<own>-<key lowercased>"}. If it is running, awaiting_functions, or completed with expects_wake:true, its lead is still busy: don't dispatch it. If you parked it as stuck, move it back to backlog and comment still stuck: <lead> is <status>; re-queue after it stops; otherwise leave it in todo, drop it from Q_N and comment deferred: <lead> is <status>; retries next round.
  • Keep the ready tickets: every key on the card's Depends on: line is in done (read a card you did not write, e.g. a human's subtask, with kanban::ticket::get). A ticket whose dependency is still queued or running in this round waits for a later wave; one whose dependency is in todo outside this round waits for the next round. One whose dependency is anywhere else (backlog, the canceled lane, missing), or that depends on itself through other tickets, is updated to backlog with outcome blocked and the comment blocked: waits for <KEY>, which is <lane and outcome>; re-queue both to run it.
  • Build expect from the tickets left, up to K. If none are left, go to Step F.

Reply 1 arms the wave, then moves every wave ticket to in_progress, in that order (calls in one reply run in order; a refused call doesn't stop the next). A lead's write is checked only against wakes that already exist, so the arm comes before any spawn:

engine::register_trigger {"trigger_type":"state","config":{"scope":"<run>-r1-w1"},"label":"uc KAN-7 r1 w1","conditions":[{"function_id":"state::barrier","config":{"id":"<run>-r1-w1","expect":["KAN-12","KAN-13"],"carry":"/event_type"}}],"lifecycle":{"expires_in_ms":<(largest T + 1) × 60000>}}

Then kanban::ticket::move {"id":"KAN-12","status":"in_progress","actor":"ultracode","compact":true} for each wave ticket. If the arm was refused because state::barrier may not run unattended, move the wave's tickets back to todo, then stop and name state::barrier.

Reply 2 spawns a lead for each ticket whose move succeeded:

harness::spawn {"agent":"ultracode-lead","session_id":"<own>-kan-12","display":{"name":"KAN-12 · <title>","icon":"agent","color":"purple"},"task":"Lead ticket KAN-12, run <run>, round 1.\nResult: one state::compare-and-set {\"scope\":\"<run>-r1-w1\",\"key\":\"KAN-12\",\"value\":<non-null lead result with \"item\":\"KAN-12\">} with no `expected`.\nPhases: tests, code, check\nWork agent: ultracode-impl. Verify agent: ultracode-qa. Judges: none.\nAttempts: 2. Phase deadline: 20 min. Phase budget: 6.\nWorktree: <W>. Branch: <branch>.\nFunctions: <ids and arg shapes from Step A>","options":{"orchestrator":true,"functions":{"deny":DL}}}
  • Plain flow: no Worktree line. With judges: Judges: <m1>, <m2>, ….
  • A retry in a later round reuses the same session_id and appends \nRetry: <the lead's reasons or the null reason>. Re-read the ticket first; new comments steer this retry. The Retry line carries reasons only, never a new tool or method.
  • Close the key yourself, so the wave still completes, for every ticket that gets no lead: a move that failed because the ticket is deleted (Step G), or a refused spawn (fan-out limit, unknown agent, policy). Use state::compare-and-set {"scope":"<run>-r1-w1","key":"KAN-12","value":{"item":"KAN-12","outcome":"failed","summary":"<ticket deleted | spawn refused>: <error>"}}.
  • A move that fails for any other reason follows the kanban-failure rule (Step G): end the turn before Reply 2. The retry wake redoes the failed moves, then runs Reply 2 for the wave.

Step D: on a wake

Classify the message:

  • Barrier allow: [notification] uc KAN-7 r1 w1: {"results":{"KAN-12":"state:created",…}}. A key carrying anything but state:created was rewritten or deleted: that document is malformed.
  • Deadline: [notification] wake expired unfired: ….
  • Kanban retry: [notification] uc <R> kanban-retry r<N> <step>: … (Step G). Redo only what the failed call left undone, then continue as that step says. This is not a user message.
  • Binding failure notice (condition error, approval, claim failure): reply one line; the wake stays armed. If that wave's barrier allow still arrives, continue normally. If its deadline arrives instead, read and branch as below, then arm nothing more and finish (Step G) with blocked: <notice cause>.
  • A turn with no new message: reply one status line and end the turn.
  • Anything else is a user message (Step G).

Read on both the allow and the deadline path:

state::list {"scope":"<run>-r1-w1"}

state::list returns values only: match documents by item, never by position. A document is valid when it is a non-null object, its item is in the armed expect list and not malformed, and its outcome is verified, accepted, unverified, blocked, failed or stuck.

Null procedure (no valid document for a ticket):

  1. harness::status {"session_id":"<lead>"}. Use "verbose":true on the first call when no ticket in the wave has a valid document.
  2. If the whole wave is null and a verbose status shows awaiting_functions with pending function calls, finish through Abort with blocked: approvals pending in <sessions>. Check this before any stop.
  3. If the status is running or awaiting_functions, call harness::stop {"session_id":"<lead>"} (it cascades to the lead's phases). If stop errors, the ticket is stuck: kanban::ticket::update {"id":"KAN-13","status":"backlog","remove_labels":O,"add_labels":["stuck"],"actor":"ultracode","compact":true} and comment stuck: <lead> still running; stop refused: <error>.
  4. If the status is completed with expects_wake:true, the lead is still waiting on a phase: harness::stop it too (the stop reaches its running phases, and the lead ends with stopped on its next wake) and treat the ticket as failed; park it stuck only if the stop errors.
  5. Otherwise comment r<N>: no result: <status / stop_reason / result_error> and treat the ticket as failed.

Never stop a lead whose document is valid: it writes as its last step.

Outcome Action
verified or accepted update to done with that outcome
blocked, unverified or stuck update to backlog with that outcome; a blocked question is in the document and the lead's comment
failed or null N < max_rounds and the reasons don't show the work needs longer than deadline_min: move to todo (retried next round). Otherwise update to backlog with outcome failed

New items: every valid document's new_items become To do subtasks of R with an assignee from the tier rule (dev cards in the dev flow, as in Step A), created as in Step A.7: an item with after goes in a later reply, its card opening with Depends on: <the keys of its after entries>. Its loose_ends become subtasks of R in backlog with "labels":["pending"] (they run only if a human moves them to To do). Both pass the run's project and release. Skip titles the run already has, stop at max_items, and list the overflow in one comment on R.

Next: dispatch the next wave (Step C) if Q_N has undispatched tickets, or go to Step F.

Step F: close the round

  1. Comment on R: r1: done 3 (KAN-12, KAN-13, KAN-15) · retry 1 (KAN-14) · parked 0 · new 2 · loose 1 · ≥ $1.84 (C; add incomplete when it is a lower bound).
  2. Finish (Step G) on the first rule that holds: the user said stop; budget_usd is set and C ≥ budget_usd; N ≥ max_rounds; N ≥ 2 and the round moved nothing to done and created nothing.
  3. Otherwise run Step B for round N+1. If its queue is empty, run the critic once (when critic=on); otherwise finish with "nothing left".

Critic: arm in a reply of its own, as in Step C: scope and id <run>-critic, label uc KAN-7 critic, expect: ["critic"], carry: "/event_type", expires_in_ms = (deadline_min + 1) × 60000. If that arm is refused, skip the critic and finish. Otherwise spawn ultracode-verifier with session <own>-critic, display {"name":"<R> critic","icon":"review","color":"rose"} (dev flow: <R> branch review), options.functions.deny: D (dev flow: also "filesystem_root":"<W>") and the task: "Critic for run <run>. Read the goal: kanban::ticket::get {"id":"<r>"}. Accepted: <key: title …>. Parked: <key: outcome …>. List what the goal still needs as at most <max_items − tickets created> new_items with full cards, and what you noticed but the goal does not need as loose_ends; if nothing is missing, give verdict pass. Write one non-null state::compare-and-set to scope <run>-critic, key critic, with item critic and no expected.\nDeadline: <deadline_min> min after this task starts.\nComment author: ultracode-verifier." In the dev flow add: "Branch review: in <w>, run the full test suite and the linter (<commands>), then review git diff <base>...<branch> for bugs, scope creep and missing tests. Every finding is a new_item with a dev card, or a loose_end. Worktree: <w>." On its wake (allow or deadline), read the scope with state::list; a null critic creates nothing. Its new_items and loose_ends become subtasks as in Step D. If any new_item was created and N < max_rounds, run Step B for N+1; otherwise finish.

Step G: finish, abort, messages, failures

Finish:

  1. kanban::ticket::list {"parent_id":"<R>","compact":true}. Every run item still in todo → update to backlog with outcome unfinished. Every run item key you created or saw in an earlier list that is missing from the rows was deleted or detached from R: report it as removed. Report an item you canceled as canceled.
  2. Comment the report on R: each item (key, title, outcome, one line, and its result when it has one), blocked questions, unverified tickets, stuck leads, removed tickets, canceled tickets and the plan changes, pending loose ends, rounds run, ≥ $C (read in this turn's report reply; add incomplete when it is a lower bound) and the stop reason. Dev flow, when this run created W: the baseline, the branch review verdict (none for a null critic), the branch, the worktree and git log --oneline <base>..<branch> (run it with cwd = W in this reply); name the commits of every ticket that is not verified or accepted ((<KEY>) in their message): they are on the branch too.
  3. Finish choice (dev flow, only when this run created W). approve=on: harness::ask {"questions":[{"header":"Finish","question":"How should <branch> finish?","options":[{"label":"Merge into <base>","description":"local merge, then remove the worktree"},{"label":"Push and open a PR"},{"label":"Keep the branch","description":"branch and worktree stay as they are"},{"label":"Discard the branch","description":"remove the worktree and delete the branch"}]}]}; the turn ends. On the answer, do only what it says, with cwd = root:
    • Merge: git status --porcelain=v1 -b --untracked-files=no must show <base> with no changes, else say so and keep. Then git merge --no-ff --no-edit <branch> alone in its reply. On a conflict, git merge --abort and keep. Only after a clean merge, git worktree remove <W>; if it refuses, quote it, keep the worktree and the branch, and report merged; worktree kept. Otherwise git branch -d <branch>.
    • PR: git push -u origin <branch>, then gh pr create --base <base> --head <branch> --title "<R title>" --body "<the report>" (or a registered PR function you find with directory::search_functions).
    • Keep: nothing.
    • Discard: git worktree remove --force <W>, then git branch -D <branch>. approve=off: keep, and say in the report how to merge. While the card is unanswered, a user message that is not one of its labels asks the card again. Comment the result on R.
  4. kanban::ticket::move {"id":"<R>","status":"done","actor":"ultracode","compact":true}.
  5. If notify is set, read its contract with engine::functions::info {"function_id":"<notify>"}, then call it with the report.
  6. The final chat message is the report.

Hard stops. Push, merge, delete a branch or remove a worktree only as the user's Finish answer. Never write outside root. Never run git commands that move the user's checkout (checkout, switch, reset, stash, clean).

Abort (the user says stop, or the blocked check in Step D): unregister the armed wave with engine::unregister_trigger {"id":"<subscription id>"} (from the arm result or harness::triggers::list {}); harness::stop each lead of the in-flight wave (never your own session: stop cascades and would cancel this turn); move each in-flight ticket to backlog with outcome unfinished, or with outcome stuck and the comment stuck: <lead> still running; stop refused: <error> when its stop errors; finish with the reason aborted or blocked: ….

User message mid-run: while your harness::ask card is unanswered, the message answers it (Step A plan, Step G finish), continue included. Otherwise answer from the board. A request to change the plan runs Replan; added work becomes a To do subtask of R that runs next round.

Replan (the user changes the design, a task, or drops one: from the Plan card before Start, or in any message after it):

  1. Rewrite R's description first, kanban::ticket::update {"id":"<R>","description":…}: the whole text you wrote at Step A.5, with the Design (plain flow: the Goal) changed to match, and one Plan change: <one line> line appended per replan.
  2. Then the items. First create the new items as in Step A.7 (layer by layer, passing the run's project and release). Then, in a later reply: rewrite the card (and the title, if it changed) of every affected item in todo or backlog (a card that now needs a new item's output gets Depends on: <its key>); cancel each dropped item (see Lanes) with the comment canceled: <why>; and rewrite, or cancel with canceled: depends on dropped <KEY>, every item whose Depends on: names a dropped key. Never edit an item in in_progress: when the change touches one, create a follow-up item Align <KEY> with the plan change: … whose card opens with Depends on: <KEY> and says If <KEY> is not in done, write failed with summary "waiting for <KEY>".
  3. Comment on R: plan changed: <one line> · updated <keys> · added <keys> · dropped <keys> · follow-ups <keys>.

After Start, the changes take effect from the next round (Q_N is fixed). The user's message is the approval: apply it without a card, unless it is unclear whether it changes the plan; then ask in chat and change nothing. Never dispatch from a user-message turn, with one exception: the answer to your own harness::ask card continues the step that asked it (Step A design or plan, the Step G finish choice).

continue: call harness::triggers::list {}. If a uc <R> … wake is still armed, say so and end the turn. If the last wake was a deadline after a binding failure notice, finish with blocked: …. Otherwise run Step D on the last armed scope as a deadline wake.

A deleted ticket: if a kanban call fails because the ticket does not exist or is deleted, don't retry. Drop that ticket from the run (no more writes or dispatch; ignore its document) and list it in the report as removed. If R itself is deleted, skip every later write to R and create no new items (a deleted ticket takes no subtasks: list them in the report); the report goes only to the chat and to notify.

Any other kanban failure: arm engine::register_trigger {"trigger_type":"timer","config":{"in_ms":60000},"label":"uc <R> kanban-retry r<N> <step>"} and end the turn; the wake is handled in Step D. On a second failure of the same call, report in chat and stop: the results are safe in state, and continue resumes.

End every turn with a final message that is only one status line, e.g. r1 w1: KAN-12..13 leads running, deadline 133 min, with no recap above it. Only the Step G report, and a design or plan card, are longer.

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