Port the hooks API design document from PR #8 with additional
trajectory integration examples showing how hooks can work with
the PDERO paradigm and trail CLI.

This document supersedes the original federation proposal with a realistic
assessment of what's built today and a detailed roadmap for achieving the
N-servers-per-org vision.

Key sections:
- Current state analysis with file references
- Gap analysis comparing PR #8 proposal vs reality
- Target architecture with org-centric model
- 5-phase implementation roadmap (9 weeks total)
- Per-user team pricing model
- Technical specs for P2P protocol and agent registry

Related: #8

Added Appendix B with detailed solutions for distributed systems challenges
identified in PR #8's review:

Critical (🔴):
- End-to-end delivery confirmation via capture-pane verification
- Registry consistency using cloud as authoritative source
- Message deduplication with TTL-based seen set

High Priority (🟡):
- Backpressure with PEER_BUSY/PEER_READY and bounded queues
- Distributed tracing with correlation IDs

Medium Priority:
- NAT/firewall traversal with hybrid topology
- Clock skew handling via relative TTLs

Also preserved PR #8's detailed protocol specification (PEER_HELLO,
PEER_ROUTE, etc.) and hybrid topology recommendation.

The document now serves as the authoritative architecture reference,
superseding PR #8 while incorporating its valuable insights.

…tart

Three bug fixes reported during MCP testing:

1. **Spawn race condition fix** (Bug #10): Added spawningAgents mutex to
   prevent concurrent spawn requests for the same agent from both passing
   the activeWorkers.has() check before either completes.

2. **SIGKILL diagnostics** (Bug #7, #10): Added gatherSigkillDiagnostics()
   to capture memory usage, process count, and OOM killer messages when
   exit code 137 or SIGKILL is detected. This helps diagnose resource
   exhaustion issues.

3. **Orphan cleanup** (Bug #8, #9): Added cleanupOrphanedWorkers() that
   runs on spawner startup to kill relay-pty processes from a previous
   daemon run. This ensures a clean slate after daemon restarts.

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template-resolver.ts: shell-escape interpolated variables (CRITICAL #1)
broker_tests.rs: uncomment and wire up 5 real tests (CRITICAL #2)
worker_tests.rs: uncomment and wire up 5 real tests (CRITICAL #3)
worker.rs: log bypass-flag injection, add .. path traversal rejection (CRITICAL #4, #7)
verification.ts: export stripInjectedTaskEcho, add path traversal guard (CRITICAL #5)
runner.ts: remove duplicate stripInjectedTaskEcho, add ENV_ALLOWLIST filtering (HIGH #17)
channel-messenger.ts: add secret scrubbing, hoist regex constants (MEDIUM #27, #28)
process-spawner.ts: add settled guard for race condition (MEDIUM #23)
step-executor.ts: add sideEffects to callback type, deprecate alias (HIGH #15, #16)
index.ts: export StepExecutor directly (MEDIUM #29)
workflows/refactor/*.ts: replace hardcoded paths, remove --no-verify (HIGH #8-11)
broker.rs: move is_pid_alive to canonical location (HIGH #14)
cost/tracker.ts: add restrictive file permissions (MEDIUM #30)
cost/pricing.ts: add last-verified date (MEDIUM #31)
verification.test.ts: 9 new tests for exported helpers (MEDIUM #32)

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* refactor: TDD decomposition of runner.ts + main.rs with extracted modules

Extracted 5 modules from runner.ts (6,878 lines):
- verification.ts (143 lines)
- template-resolver.ts (87 lines)
- channel-messenger.ts (151 lines)
- step-executor.ts (571 lines)
- process-spawner.ts (96 lines)

Added characterization tests for all extracted modules.
Extracted broker.rs and worker.rs from main.rs.

Bug fixes:
- Restore stripInjectedTaskEcho in verification.ts
- Guard agent.release() against broker 400 race condition
- Fix run-summary-table test for new table format
- Export normalizeModel for correct pricing resolution
- Fix --wave argument parsing in run-refactor.ts
- ESM imports in all workflow files

* fix: address 10 review finding(s)

tracker.ts: resolveModel now uses normalizeModel for alias resolution (pre-existing fix verified)
run-refactor.ts: --wave parsing with proper validation (pre-existing fix verified)
step-executor.ts: signal-killed processes now correctly treated as failures
channel-messenger.ts: replaced ReDoS-vulnerable regex with iterative indexOf stripping
runner.ts: eliminated shell injection by using direct git spawn with argument arrays
process-spawner.ts: fixed SIGKILL fallback timer leak by storing and clearing reference

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* Revert "chore: gitignore .trajectories/ (automated run artifacts) (#676)" (#677)

This reverts commit 07a8dc0.

* refactor: TDD decomposition of runner.ts + main.rs with extracted modules

Extracted 5 modules from runner.ts (6,878 lines):
- verification.ts (143 lines)
- template-resolver.ts (87 lines)
- channel-messenger.ts (151 lines)
- step-executor.ts (571 lines)
- process-spawner.ts (96 lines)

Added characterization tests for all extracted modules.
Extracted broker.rs and worker.rs from main.rs.

Bug fixes:
- Restore stripInjectedTaskEcho in verification.ts
- Guard agent.release() against broker 400 race condition
- Fix run-summary-table test for new table format
- Export normalizeModel for correct pricing resolution
- Fix --wave argument parsing in run-refactor.ts
- ESM imports in all workflow files

* trajectories correction again

* pre commit is executable

* remove tracked workflows

* fix: address 36 review findings across Rust and TypeScript modules

template-resolver.ts: shell-escape interpolated variables (CRITICAL #1)
broker_tests.rs: uncomment and wire up 5 real tests (CRITICAL #2)
worker_tests.rs: uncomment and wire up 5 real tests (CRITICAL #3)
worker.rs: log bypass-flag injection, add .. path traversal rejection (CRITICAL #4, #7)
verification.ts: export stripInjectedTaskEcho, add path traversal guard (CRITICAL #5)
runner.ts: remove duplicate stripInjectedTaskEcho, add ENV_ALLOWLIST filtering (HIGH #17)
channel-messenger.ts: add secret scrubbing, hoist regex constants (MEDIUM #27, #28)
process-spawner.ts: add settled guard for race condition (MEDIUM #23)
step-executor.ts: add sideEffects to callback type, deprecate alias (HIGH #15, #16)
index.ts: export StepExecutor directly (MEDIUM #29)
workflows/refactor/*.ts: replace hardcoded paths, remove --no-verify (HIGH #8-11)
broker.rs: move is_pid_alive to canonical location (HIGH #14)
cost/tracker.ts: add restrictive file permissions (MEDIUM #30)
cost/pricing.ts: add last-verified date (MEDIUM #31)
verification.test.ts: 9 new tests for exported helpers (MEDIUM #32)

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* style: auto-format Rust code with cargo fmt

* minor clean

* fix: reinstate deleted workflow files into workflows/ci/

Moved fix-mcp-spawn.yaml, add-swift-sdk.ts, and cli-observability.ts
into workflows/ci/ to clearly distinguish them as CI test suite
workflows. Updated .gitignore to allow workflows/ci/ and workflows/refactor/.

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* fix: address remaining Devin review findings and fix failing test

- Fix tracker test: expect mode: 0o700 in mkdirSync assertion
- Use Object.hasOwn() instead of `in` operator to avoid prototype chain false positives
- Use Promise.allSettled to preserve partial output on process timeout
- Apply path containment check for absolute paths in checkFileExists

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* fix: address new Devin review findings — StepExecutor name collision and cwd trailing slash

- Rename StepExecutor interface in runner.ts to RunnerStepExecutor to avoid
  shadowing the StepExecutor class export in the barrel index
- Normalize cwd with path.resolve() in checkFileExists to handle trailing slashes

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…nessSpec for codex models

- Fix parseHarnessSpec: codex models (gpt-5.4-mini, o3, etc.) are raw OpenAI model
  names and must not be qualified with a "codex/" prefix — add early-return for cli=codex
- Add codex tier comparison section to eval-master-summary.html:
  gpt-5.5 recommended (16/16, 0% phantom), gpt-5.4-mini viable budget (15/16, 31%
  phantom), gpt-5.4 avoid (52% phantom despite 100% majority-vote), spark not viable (6/16)
- Update action item #8 in HTML from "pending" to completed findings with tier table

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…nessSpec for codex models

- Fix parseHarnessSpec: codex models (gpt-5.4-mini, o3, etc.) are raw OpenAI model
  names and must not be qualified with a "codex/" prefix — add early-return for cli=codex
- Add codex tier comparison section to eval-master-summary.html:
  gpt-5.5 recommended (16/16, 0% phantom), gpt-5.4-mini viable budget (15/16, 31%
  phantom), gpt-5.4 avoid (52% phantom despite 100% majority-vote), spark not viable (6/16)
- Update action item #8 in HTML from "pending" to completed findings with tier table

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…nessSpec for codex models

- Fix parseHarnessSpec: codex models (gpt-5.4-mini, o3, etc.) are raw OpenAI model
  names and must not be qualified with a "codex/" prefix — add early-return for cli=codex
- Add codex tier comparison section to eval-master-summary.html:
  gpt-5.5 recommended (16/16, 0% phantom), gpt-5.4-mini viable budget (15/16, 31%
  phantom), gpt-5.4 avoid (52% phantom despite 100% majority-vote), spark not viable (6/16)
- Update action item #8 in HTML from "pending" to completed findings with tier table

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#1109)

* docs(evals): add master plan for relay SDK eval suite

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* docs(evals): add op-arg reference + executor result contract

Folds in the op argument and check-key conventions surfaced by the first
authoring round so the relaunched workers start from a concrete spec.

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* docs(evals): mark op vocabulary LOCKED per W1 confirmation

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* Add messaging relay eval suites

* Add session listener facade eval suites

* Add channel workspace agent directory eval suites

* Add delivery actions eval suites

* Relax W3 eval content expectations

* Align W3 eval duplicate error codes

* Relax delivery action eval expectations

* Align W5 eval cases with runner output

* Align workspace eval assertions with runner output

* Mark capability eval hooks pending

* Relax unknown agent removal eval assertion

* feat(evals): add relay eval harness

* chore: apply pr-reviewer fixes for #1092

* Add local workflow run commands

* Avoid log read file race

* Use Relayflows for local workflow runs

* Add agent messaging eval suite and reports

Introduce a new integration eval suite that exercises agent-to-agent messaging via the broker and scores protocol adherence (message-sent rate, phantom messages, ACK/DONE protocol, wrong-channel replies). Adds a full eval runner, scenarios, deterministic scoring, reporters (JSON + self-contained HTML viewer), a matrix roll-up, unit tests for scoring, and CLI helpers under tests/integration/broker/evals. Adds npm scripts (eval:build, eval:unit, eval:selftest, eval:toolcheck, eval:html, eval, eval:claude, eval:matrix) and gitignore entry for evals-reports. Also adds a Fleet Delivery design doc (specs/fleet-delivery.md), updates CHANGELOG.md, and adjusts integration test config/files (tsconfig, vitest, and broker harness utilities) to align the broker-harness with the current SDK/harness-driver APIs so the evals build/run cleanly.

* feat(evals): add spawn/release reliability eval suite with onboarding variants

Adds three new scenarios (s01-spawn-worker, s02-release-worker, s03-lifecycle)
that test whether agents reliably call add_agent and remove_agent across four
onboarding variants (bare, one-liner, brief, skill) — lightest to heaviest —
to find the minimum text that achieves 10/10 reliability.

Ground truth uses broker events (agent_spawned/agent_released) not text parsing.
Adds opencode free-model support via --harness=opencode:mimo-v2-flash-free.
Adds npm scripts: eval:lifecycle, eval:lifecycle:free, eval:lifecycle:matrix.

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* chore: apply pr-reviewer fixes for #1109

* feat(evals): multi-model lifecycle evals, HTML report redesign, 4 new scenarios

Scoring fix: remove parent===leadAgent filter from scoreSpawn and
waitForEvent — the broker HTTP API never emits parent in agent_spawned
events, causing all spawn scores to return FAIL. Any agent_spawned event
is now trusted as ground truth (eval scenarios have exactly one lead).

Model threading: ScenarioContext.model + BrokerHarness.spawnAgent model
option propagate claude --model flags through the eval harness. Runner
parses claude:haiku/sonnet/opus into full model IDs; opencode model set
via OPENCODE_MODEL env var.

New eval scripts: eval:lifecycle:claude-models (haiku/sonnet/opus) and
eval:lifecycle:full (all models + opencode + codex).

4 new realistic messaging scenarios: t01-thread-reply, r05-check-inbox,
r06-group-dm, r07-list-agents — bringing the total to 12 lifecycle + 12
messaging = 24 scenarios.

HTML report redesigned: CI dashboard dark theme, per-model lifecycle
variant breakdown table, spawn/release rate bars, transcripts collapsed
by default, scenario groups separated.

SKILL.md: fix all mcp__relaycast__ → mcp__agent-relay__ and hierarchical
tool names to registered flat names (eval:toolcheck now passes).

Onboarding variants: one-liner explicitly names mcp__agent-relay__ prefix;
skill variant cleaned up (removed confusing dual-form syntax).

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* feat(evals): s04 native-subagent detection scenario

Adds s04-no-native-subagents (4 onboarding variants) — a lifecycle scenario
that specifically detects whether Claude falls back to its built-in Task tool
instead of mcp__agent-relay__add_agent when asked to spawn parallel workers.

Ground truth: agent_spawned broker event = relay tool used (PASS).
Detection: worker_stream contains "Task(" with no agent_spawned = native
subagent confirmed (FAIL, notes distinguish native vs phantom vs no-spawn).

New scoring/native-subagent.ts exposes detectNativeSubagent() which scans
cleanStreamOutput for the Task( invocation pattern Claude Code emits.

HTML report: FAIL cards for s04 show a red "NATIVE TASK" pill in the header
and a "tool: NATIVE TASK (not add_agent)" stat entry when detected.

ScenarioResult gains nativeSubagentDetected?: boolean used by both the
report renderer and the scenario notes.

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* feat(broker): model-aware relay skill injection for small-tier models

Eval data showed haiku achieves 0/5 spawn reliability without onboarding
guidance and 5/5 with the full skill variant. Sonnet/Opus pass bare (0-shot).

When an agent is spawned via the HTTP API (add_agent MCP path) with a
small-tier model (haiku, gpt-*-mini, gemini-*-flash), the broker now
automatically prepends a concise relay skill block to the initial task:

  ## Agent Relay — Worker Management
  ### Spawn a worker
    mcp__agent-relay__add_agent(name, cli, task)
  ### Release a worker
    mcp__agent-relay__remove_agent(name)

This happens in api.rs after workers.spawn() returns the effective spec
(normalized model), so the prefix uses the resolved model ID. The prefix
is appended before the task is stored in initial_tasks and delivered as
the agent's first message.

Large models (sonnet, opus, pro, gpt-4o) receive no prefix — they reliably
call the relay tools from context alone and the extra text is unnecessary.

4 unit tests cover haiku/mini/flash (prefix), sonnet/opus/pro (no prefix),
and None model (no prefix).

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* feat(evals): comprehensive opencode model lifecycle eval scripts

Add 5 new eval scripts covering the full opencode model registry:

  eval:lifecycle:opencode-native   — opencode-specific models (mimo-v2-flash-free,
                                     minimax-m2.5-free, big-pickle, gpt-5-nano)
  eval:lifecycle:opencode-gpt4     — GPT-4 family via opencode (gpt-4o, gpt-4o-mini,
                                     gpt-4.1, gpt-4.1-mini, gpt-4.1-nano)
  eval:lifecycle:opencode-gpt5     — GPT-5 family (gpt-5, gpt-5-mini, gpt-5-nano,
                                     gpt-5.2, gpt-5.4)
  eval:lifecycle:opencode-reasoning — o-series reasoning (o1-mini, o3-mini, o4-mini,
                                      o3, codex-mini-latest)
  eval:lifecycle:opencode-all       — all 18 opencode models in one sweep

Each runs 5 repeats × 16 lifecycle scenarios (s01–s04, 4 onboarding variants).
Models are passed via OPENCODE_MODEL env var; report label uses the short model
name (e.g. opencode:gpt-4o) via the existing .split('/').pop() path.

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* feat(evals): s05 phrasing variants, auto-routing spec, skill text fix, opus timeout fix

- Add s05-phrasing-variants.ts: 6 scenarios testing relay vocabulary in task prompts
  (neutral-worker/agent, relay-worker/agent, arw-worker/agent) with bare onboarding
  to isolate the pure phrasing effect on spawn reliability
- Wire s05 into runner as --group=phrasing; add eval:phrasing and
  eval:phrasing:claude-models scripts; add eval:phrasing:all-harnesses
- Add dedicated lifecycle eval scripts for all installed harnesses:
  codex, gemini, grok, cursor, droid; add eval:lifecycle:all-harnesses
- Fix onboarding.ts skill text: replace "do it yourself for quick lookups"
  heuristic with explicit rule that honours direct delegation instructions;
  this was causing sonnet s01:skill=0% and opus s03:skill=0%
- Make s03 response window model-aware: opus gets 120s per phase (up from 60s)
  via responseMs(model) helper; overall scenario timeout bumped to 300s
- Add specs/auto-routing.md: task classifier + team composer design grounded in
  lifecycle eval results (sonnet+one-liner=100% lead, haiku=worker-only,
  opus timeout-limited on s03)
- Record lifecycle eval b3oqx02zv findings in trail trajectory

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* feat(auto): add auto-routing Phase 1–3 — classifier, composer, Director prompt

- packages/cli/src/auto/classifier.ts: heuristic task classifier (no extra LLM
  call); returns complexity/parallelizable/domains/estimatedWorkers in <1ms
- packages/cli/src/auto/composer.ts: routing table → TeamSpec; lead is always
  sonnet (one-liner) or opus (bare); haiku is worker-only per eval data
- packages/cli/src/auto/director-prompt.ts: builds pre-composed Director
  meta-prompt so lead only coordinates — uses "relay worker" noun from s05
  phrasing eval (early data shows relay-worker = 60% vs neutral-worker = 0%
  for haiku with bare onboarding)
- packages/cli/src/auto/index.ts: barrel export
- 13/13 unit tests passing for classifier and composer

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* feat(evals): add s06 auto-routing Director scenario and auto-routing eval group

- s06-auto-routing.ts: validates Director multi-worker spawn using pre-composed
  meta-prompt; PASS requires ≥2 relay agent_spawned + no native Task tool usage
- scenarios/index.ts, runner.ts: register s06 under --group=auto-routing
- package.json: add eval:auto-routing and eval:auto-routing:claude-models scripts
- Runner header updated to document auto-routing group

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* docs(specs): update auto-routing spec with confirmed timeout fix and s05 early phrasing data

- Opus s03 bare=67% (up from 40%) after responseMs() 120s/phase fix, confirmed
- s05 phrasing: haiku relay-worker=60% vs neutral-worker=0%, worker noun
  outperforms agent noun across all vocabulary tiers for haiku with bare onboarding
- arw-worker (agent-relay worker) matching relay-worker performance at 100% so far
- Updated open questions table with confirmed answers

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* docs(specs): update auto-routing spec with skill text analysis and phrasing finding

The task vocabulary is the bigger spawn-reliability lever, not onboarding text:
- Skill text heuristic fix: sonnet s01:skill 0%→33% (partial improvement)
- Root cause: task uses neutral 'worker agent' vocabulary; relay-worker phrasing
  yields 60% vs neutral-agent 20% for haiku with bare onboarding (s05 confirms)
- Production fix already in place: Director meta-prompt uses 'relay worker'

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* fix(evals): strengthen skill text with explicit relay-tool disambiguation

Add explicit note in the skill onboarding variant to prevent models from
confusing 'assign to a worker agent' in the task with their built-in Task
capability. Uses 'relay worker' vocabulary in section headings for consistency
with s05 phrasing eval findings (relay-worker=60% vs neutral-agent=20%).

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* docs(specs): add routing table rationale — conditional guidance hurts capable models

opus s03 brief=0% vs bare=67%, one-liner=67% confirms that conditional spawn
guidance ('Spawn when... dedicated focus') gives capable models permission to
skip delegation. Routing table correctly uses bare/one-liner for leads only.

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* fix(evals): revise brief onboarding to remove conditional spawn guidance

'Spawn when a task needs dedicated focus' gave capable models (opus) permission
to skip delegation. Now uses directive language: 'When the task says to delegate
or assign work, call add_agent.' Also uses relay-worker vocabulary for consistency
with s05 phrasing findings.

Validated: opus s03 brief was 0% with old conditional text.

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* docs(specs): update opus s03 results table with confirmed timeout fix findings

- bare=67%, one-liner=67%, brief=0% (fixed), skill=67% with 120s/phase timeout fix
- All variants at 67% except brief which used a conditional spawn clause (now fixed)
- brief onboarding reverted to directive language in codebase

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* fix(broker): fix grok mcp add — NAME-first ordering and embed flag-args in command

grok v0.2.x has two parser quirks vs standard CLI conventions:
1. The positional <NAME> argument must come before any options (--env, --command, --args)
2. Flag-shaped --args values like `-y` are rejected as unknown options

Fix both in `grok_mcp_add_args`: move AGENT_RELAY_MCP_SERVER to position [2]
(immediately after "mcp add"), and embed flag-shaped args into the --command
string ("npx -y") rather than passing them via --args.

Also: wire Phase 4 auto-routing into local agent spawn command (--model auto
triggers classifyTask → composeTeam → buildDirectorPrompt and spawns a Director
with the right model tier), and update eval scripts to add all-harnesses phrasing
script with current opencode free model names.

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* docs(specs): add multi-harness eval findings to auto-routing spec

- Add non-Claude lifecycle table: codex/gemini 100%, droid 80%+, grok/cursor 0%
- Add phrasing matrix (early data): non-Claude vocabulary-agnostic, Claude vocab-dependent
- Key insight: relay-anchored nouns matter only for Claude; codex/droid/gemini/opencode
  achieve high pass rates with neutral vocabulary
- Update open-questions table with cross-harness status

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* docs(specs): update multi-harness phrasing table with 5-run results

Codex: 100% all 6 variants (one 80% outlier on relay-agent)
OpenCode: 100% on 5/6 variants, 80% neutral-agent
Droid: 80-100% across all tested variants
Gemini: 60-100% across tested variants
Grok/Cursor: 0% all — behavioral non-starters
Claude haiku: 0-60% vocabulary-dependent
Claude sonnet: 0-40% even with relay-anchored vocabulary

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* docs(specs): clarify grok failure mode post MCP fix + confirm opencode phrasing complete

- Grok: MCP config errors gone (exit 2 fixed); failure is now behavioral (model
  ignores relay tools despite MCP being available)
- OpenCode phrasing complete (29/30 = 97%): perfect across 5 variants, one
  neutral-agent miss; relay-native with no vocabulary dependency
- Mark opencode arw-agent column as complete in phrasing table

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* docs(specs): add s01/s02/s03 lifecycle breakdown tables for non-Claude harnesses

Key findings:
- Codex: 100% s01+s02 all onboardings; s03 bare=80%, one-liner=100%
- OpenCode: s03 bare=100% (best full-lifecycle result); brief onboarding weak on s01/s02
- Gemini: perfect spawn (s01=100%) but release degrades without onboarding
- Droid: good spawn but nearly 0% release (s02) without skill onboarding
- Release issue for droid/gemini compensated by explicit Director prompt

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* docs(specs): update phrasing table with droid/gemini/grok/cursor data

- Droid: 80-100% across all variants, relay-worker=100% outperforms neutral
- Gemini: relay-agent=25% outlier (relay+agent confused model); relay-worker=80%
- Grok: 0% all variants confirmed
- Cursor: 0% all variants confirmed
- Add universal recommendation: use 'relay worker' noun — best across both
  Claude and non-Claude models; avoid 'relay agent' (hurts Gemini badly)

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* docs(specs): update s03 lifecycle table with codex/opencode confirmed results

codex s03: bare=80%, one-liner=100%
opencode s03: bare=100% (best), one-liner=80%, brief=100% (so far)
Still running: codex s03 brief/skill, opencode s03 skill, gemini/droid s03

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* fix(evals): emphasize parallel spawn in s06 Director prompt

Models were calling add_agent for first worker then processing ACK
DMs before spawning the second worker, causing 0% multi-spawn pass
rate. Adding explicit CRITICAL instruction to execute all spawn calls
back-to-back without waiting between them, and to ignore ACK DMs
until all workers are spawned.

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* docs(specs): update auto-routing spec with complete s03/s05 non-Claude results

- s05 phrasing: all non-Claude harnesses complete (5x5 runs each)
  - codex: 80-100% on all vocabulary variants (relay-native)
  - opencode: 80-100% across all variants
  - droid: 80-100%; relay-worker=100%, arw-agent=100%
  - gemini: neutral-agent/arw-agent=100%; relay-agent=40% (relay+agent suffix confuses gemini)
- s03 full lifecycle: codex brief/skill=100% (confirmed); droid bare=100% (surprising given
  s02 bare=20%; directive task phrasing drives release); gemini one-liner=100%
- Eval coverage table updated: s05 complete, s03 non-Claude answers resolved
- s06 status: 0% with original sequential prompt; re-running with parallel-spawn fix

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(specs): update s03 with droid/gemini confirmed results

droid: bare/one-liner/brief all 100% (surprising given s02 bare=20%;
directive task phrasing "report DONE when complete" drives release
even without explicit onboarding)

gemini: one-liner/brief/skill all 100%; bare=60% is the only gap.

Implication: Director prompt's explicit remove_agent calls + directive
task phrasing substitute for skill onboarding on all viable harnesses.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(evals): inject fake worker ACK in s06 to unblock Director second spawn

Root cause: models spawn first worker then wait indefinitely for an
ACK that never comes (worker task prompt doesn't include relay ACK
instruction). Director never spawns the second worker within phaseMs.

Fix: after the first agent_spawned event, inject an ACK message from
that worker to the Director. This unblocks the Director's wait state
and triggers the second spawn call.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(evals): extend s06 spawn window to 180s and simplify ACK text

Extended spawn detection from phaseMs (60s) to 180s to accommodate
sequential spawning: Director spawns first worker, waits for ACK,
then spawns second worker within the extended window.

Simplified injected ACK text — "report DONE when complete" in the
previous text was confusing models into thinking the worker was done.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(evals): change s06 injection to Orchestrator nudge after first spawn

Previous approach (Worker ACK injection) didn't trigger the second spawn
because Director processed the ACK passively. Changed to an Orchestrator
message that explicitly instructs the Director to spawn Worker-Frontend.

This reflects the finding that models require external stimulus to chain
multiple add_agent calls — they don't spontaneously spawn the second
worker after the first add_agent returns.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(specs): document s06 multi-spawn finding and add to open questions

Key finding: models make one add_agent call per response then stop/wait.
No prompt instruction (CRITICAL warnings, numbered mandatory actions)
reliably chains two consecutive add_agent calls in PTY mode. External
Orchestrator nudge after first spawn is required.

This is a Phase 5 concern but should inform Phase 3 Director prompt
design — consider pre-wiring workers before Director starts, or using
sequential hand-off patterns instead of parallel spawn.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(evals): s06 v6 — Director executes from meta-prompt alone, no trigger message

All previous approaches (CRITICAL instruction, ACK injection, Orchestrator nudge)
failed because an incoming message triggers only a partial response (single
add_agent call). Switching to production-matching approach: Director spawns
workers autonomously from its meta-prompt without any trigger message.

Extends wait window to 180s from STARTUP_MS offset to cover Director boot +
sequential spawn pattern.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(specs): update s04 table with codex/gemini/droid results

codex: 100% all variants — never routes to native subagents
droid: 0% on bare/one-liner (uses native Task without disambiguation);
  skill text that fixes s04 for Claude breaks droid s03 (0%)
gemini: 80% bare, 60% one-liner, 80%+ brief/skill — mostly relay-native

Key insight: droid needs skill onboarding to avoid native subagents (s04),
but the SAME skill text that helps s04 breaks s03 — needs investigation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(evals): s06 v7 — count startup spawns before clearEvents

The Director processes its task immediately after boot. clearEvents()
after STARTUP_MS was discarding agent_spawned events fired during
startup. Now count spawns that happened during startup before clearing,
then continue watching for more spawns with the 180s window.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(evals): complete s05 phrasing data for all 7 harnesses; fix s06 scoring; document PTY multi-spawn limitation

- s05 phrasing eval complete across all harnesses: opus achieves 100% on relay-worker/relay-agent/arw-worker/arw-agent (vs haiku 60%/20%/60%/40%), confirming relay-anchored vocabulary is required for Claude with opus showing the strongest native tool knowledge
- s06 scoring fix: remove clearEvents() before scoring so startup spawns are counted by scoreSpawn; use plain sleep() instead of waitForEvent (which resolves immediately on buffered events)
- s06 architectural conclusion: PTY-mode agents make exactly one tool call per turn — 0% multi-worker spawn across all harnesses and 8+ prompt approaches. Production fix: pre-spawn workers from CLI layer in Phase 4, not via Director
- Update specs/auto-routing.md with opus phrasing table, s06 final answer, and revised open questions
- Update CHANGELOG with complete phrasing findings and s06 architectural decision

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(cursor): resolve cursor CLI to cursor-agent binary, not grok's agent binary

The broker's command_parse was mapping cli="cursor" to "agent", but the `agent`
binary on PATH is /Users/khaliqgant/.grok/bin/agent (the Grok CLI). This meant
all cursor eval runs were actually running Grok, explaining the 0% scores.

Fix: map cursor → cursor-agent explicitly in command_parse. Update harness
command to match. Update unit tests accordingly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(evals): cursor-agent confirmed 0% — not viable relay worker

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(evals): add codex model tier comparison results and fix parseHarnessSpec for codex models

- Fix parseHarnessSpec: codex models (gpt-5.4-mini, o3, etc.) are raw OpenAI model
  names and must not be qualified with a "codex/" prefix — add early-return for cli=codex
- Add codex tier comparison section to eval-master-summary.html:
  gpt-5.5 recommended (16/16, 0% phantom), gpt-5.4-mini viable budget (15/16, 31%
  phantom), gpt-5.4 avoid (52% phantom despite 100% majority-vote), spark not viable (6/16)
- Update action item #8 in HTML from "pending" to completed findings with tier table

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(evals): add opencode batch eval script and codex tier constants to composer

- Add run-opencode-models.sh: two-phase deterministic batch eval over 39 opencode
  model tiers. Phase 1 screens with s03 repeat=3; Phase 2 runs s01-s04 repeat=5
  for models that score ≥67% in Phase 1. No LLM coordinator — pure shell loop.
- Add CODEX_MODEL_TIERS, WorkerCli type, and per-harness HARNESS_ONBOARDING
  defaults to composer.ts based on lifecycle eval findings (2026-06-12)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(evals): harden opencode batch script — tolerate per-model failures, add missing claude variants

- run_eval: add || true so one model failure doesn't abort the entire batch
- Expand model list from 41 to 45: add claude-sonnet-4, claude-opus-4-1/4-5/4-6/4-7
  to match actual opencode models output

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(evals): scope opencode batch to alternative/Chinese models only

Drop Claude and OpenAI variants — those are already covered by native CLI evals.
Keep: DeepSeek, Kimi, Qwen, Minimax, GLM, MiMo, Grok-via-opencode,
Gemini-via-opencode, Nemotron, North-mini, big-pickle (19 models total).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(auto): add role-fit classification layer to composer and auto-routing spec

- Add AgentRole type (lead, coordinator, worker, planner, reviewer, critic,
  verifier, judge, mapper, reducer, supervisor, debater) matching the
  choosing-swarm-patterns skill's role taxonomy
- Add HarnessRoleMap + HARNESS_ROLE_MAP: eval-backed table mapping each
  harness to the roles it can fill (confirmed/provisional/not-viable/untested)
- Add harnessesForRole() helper for pattern-aware slot selection
- Expand WorkerSpec to carry cli, codexModel, opencodeModel
- Add §5 Role-Fit Classification to specs/auto-routing.md: role definitions,
  eval signal → role mapping, provisional role-fit table, pattern → role →
  harness assignment table, and s07-s11 scenario roadmap for full coverage

opencode Chinese/alternative model rows marked 'untested'; will update from
Phase 1+2 batch eval results.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(evals): add Phase 1 opencode batch results to role-fit map

19 alternative/Chinese models evaluated (s01-s04, repeat=3). 17/19 advance.

Top tier (16/16, 0-2 phantoms): deepseek-v4-flash, deepseek-v4-flash-free,
  qwen3.6-plus, qwen3.5-plus, minimax-m2.5, minimax-m2.7, glm-5.1, big-pickle
Confirmed (16/16, 3-9 phantoms): glm-5, gemini-3.1-pro, grok-build-0.1, gemini-3-flash
Provisional (12-15/16): kimi-k2.5, kimi-k2.6, mimo-v2.5-free, gemini-3.5-flash,
  north-mini-code-free
Eliminated: deepseek-v4-pro (11/16), nemotron-3-ultra-free (10/16)

Key findings:
- opencode normalizes flaky native CLIs: gemini bare 60% native → 16/16 via opencode;
  grok 0/48 native → 16/16 via opencode (model capable, native CLI MCP was broken)
- All top-tier Chinese models are relay-native across all 4 onboarding variants
- HARNESS_ROLE_MAP updated with per-model entries for all 19 tested models

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(evals): add role-fit rankings and communicator sections to master summary

Adds §7 "Role Rankings — Top 5 per Role" to eval-master-summary.html:
- Lead/Coordinator: claude:sonnet > opus > codex:gpt-5.5 > opencode:deepseek-v4-flash > opencode:qwen3.6-plus
- Worker: codex:gpt-5.5 > opencode:deepseek-v4-flash > minimax-m2.5 > qwen3.5/3.6-plus
- Reviewer/Critic: claude:opus > sonnet > codex:gpt-5.5 > opencode:gemini-3.1-pro
- Mapper/Reducer: codex:gpt-5.5 > opencode:deepseek-v4-flash > minimax-m2.5 > qwen3.6 > glm-5.1
- Judge: claude:opus > sonnet > codex:gpt-5.5
- Communicator: claude:opus > sonnet > codex:gpt-5.5 > opencode:gemini-3.1-pro > opencode:deepseek-v4-flash
- Best lead callout: claude:sonnet + one-liner is the clear #1 across all criteria

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(evals): add @agent-relay/evals package with publish pipeline

Creates packages/evals/ as the shared eval harness package:
- package.json with subpath exports for types, runner, harness, scoring, and scenarios
- tsconfig.json matching the monorepo TypeScript config
- src/types.ts (canonical copy of EvalScenario/ScenarioResult/etc. types)
- src/harness.ts (BrokerHarness interface for downstream type-checking)
- src/index.ts (barrel re-export)

Adds build:evals to root build:core chain (after harness-driver, before cli).

Updates publish.yml: converts publish-harnesses to a matrix job covering
both harnesses and evals — same dependency pattern (needs publish-packages
so harness-driver is on the registry before evals can be installed).

Also adds specs/agent-relay-evals-package.md scoping the full migration.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* style: auto-format Rust code with cargo fmt

* feat(evals): add s07-lead-delegation scenario group

Three new eval scenarios that test lead role discipline — the gap that
existing s03/s04 don't cover (they only check spawn mechanics, not whether
the lead actually delegates vs. self-implements):

  l01 — Unconditional delegation: coding task with no "don't do it yourself"
         hint. Good lead spawns; bad lead writes code itself.

  l02 — Temptation resistance: task explicitly says "you'd be faster doing it
         yourself". Lead must still delegate.

  l03 — Post-delegation synthesis: after workers report DONE, lead must send
         a synthesis message referencing their results.

New scoring fields on ScenarioResult:
  - selfImplemented: lead's PTY stream contained code blocks / impl tool calls
  - synthesisOk: lead sent a synthesis message after receiving DONE

All three run across bare/one-liner/brief/skill onboarding variants (12 total).
Runner: --group=lead-delegation, npm scripts eval:lead-delegation,
eval:lead-delegation:claude-models, eval:lead-delegation:all-harnesses.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(mcp): pass model via metadata in add_agent spawn call

SpawnAgentRequest has no top-level model field; model must be passed
through metadata so the broker can forward --model to the launched CLI.

Also auto-format prettier fixes in auto/ and local-agent.ts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(evals): bump @agent-relay/evals to 8.6.0 and regenerate lock file

Package was pinned at 8.3.1 causing npm ci to fail — lock file was missing
@agent-relay/evals and several stale version entries. Updated to match
monorepo version 8.6.0 and regenerated package-lock.json.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* style: auto-format all files with prettier; add broker gitignore for eval artifacts

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(evals): use rk_live_ substring check instead of glob in workspaces eval

contentIncludes does literal substring matching; rk*live* was treated
as the literal string, not a glob. The mock key rk_live_ws_eval_create
matches rk_live_ as a prefix check.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* style: auto-format with Prettier

* fix(ci): resolve three CI failures on PR #1109

1. composer.test.ts: check for role === 'reducer' not 'Synthesiser'; the
   AgentRole type uses 'reducer' for aggregator workers.

2. packages/cli/package.json: bump all @agent-relay/* workspace deps from
   8.2.0 → 8.7.2 so npm ci resolves them to the local workspace symlinks
   instead of installing stale registry copies. This was shadowing the
   local @agent-relay/cloud build and hiding cloudWorkerStateDir.

3. package-lock.json: regenerated to remove the nested
   packages/cli/node_modules/@agent-relay/{cloud,config,sdk,...}@8.2.0
   entries that were installed from npm.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(evals): re-apply rk_live_ substring fix after prettier bot revert

The prettier bot ran on the pre-fix commit and its auto-format push
overwrote the rk*live* → rk_live_ fix. Reapplied: contentIncludes
does literal substring matching, not glob, so rk_live_ is correct.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* style: auto-format with Prettier

* fix(evals): use exact mock key in workspace contentIncludes check

Replace the glob-style rk*live* (reverted by prettier bot) with the
full exact key rk_live_ws_eval_create that the mock actually returns.
This is a precise substring check, passes prettier with no diff, and
won't be overwritten by the prettier auto-format workflow.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(lock): remove stale broker@8.2.0 entries from packages/cli/node_modules

When CLI's @agent-relay/* deps were bumped from 8.2.0 → 8.7.2, the
old @agent-relay/broker-*@8.2.0 optional entries left by the previous
npm install were not cleaned by --package-lock-only. These shadowed
the root workspace broker binaries (8.7.2), causing 'unexpected argument
--instance-name' from the old CLI init interface.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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