13 // Event tells the clients what the agent does as it happens. Kind is the kind
14 // of a logged message (user, reply, tool, echo, note, work), or one of ready,
15 // busy, idle, error, and subagent, which tells that the subagent Text starts a
16 // run. ID is the ID of a logged message. Source names the client that sent a
17 // user message, such as terminal or telegram, so that each client can show the
18 // messages of the others, or the subagent of a report. Status tells how the run
19 // of a report ended: finished, stopped, or failed.
21 Kind string `json:"kind"`
22 ID int `json:"id,omitempty"`
23 Text string `json:"text,omitempty"`
24 Source string `json:"source,omitempty"`
25 Status string `json:"status,omitempty"`
28 // TurnLoop runs the turns of one agent. A user message goes to the log when it
29 // comes, and it wakes the loop. A turn waits until every message before it is
30 // summarized. Then the turn runs a Chain whose first request holds the prompt,
31 // the tools, and the input of turnInput.
33 // The view goes out as the messages of a ViewLayout, so the first request of a
34 // turn reads the view of the turn before from the prompt cache. User messages
35 // that come during a turn join the next request of its chain after the tool
36 // results, and so do the reports of the subagents. The subagents run until the
37 // loop ends. Parent and child messages stay queued until the turn finishes.
38 // active belongs to the running turn. The mutex protects pending, cancel, and
40 type TurnLoop struct {
47 clock func() time.Time
51 messages *DaemonMessages
52 openChild func(context.Context, *Agent) (*DaemonAgent, error)
57 cancel context.CancelFunc
61 // newTurnLoop returns the loop of agent with its memory, its subagents, and the
62 // WhatsApp link and the schedules of its tools. Its calls go through client,
63 // and notify gets each event. The clock gives the date of a turn. logger gets
64 // the failed turns and the ends of the subagents. A child has no WhatsApp
65 // tools, even when the caller supplies a link.
66 func newTurnLoop(agent *Agent, memory *Memory, subagents *Subagents, whatsapp *WhatsApp, schedules *Schedules, client ChainClient, clock func() time.Time, logger *slog.Logger, notify func(Event)) (*TurnLoop, error) {
67 layout, err := loadViewLayout(filepath.Join(agent.dir, viewLayoutFileName))
80 wake: make(chan struct{}, 1),
83 l.runs = &SubagentRuns{
95 running: make(map[string]*SubagentRun),
98 if agent.config.Parent != "" {
105 subagents: subagents,
108 schedules: schedules,
109 workdir: agent.config.Workdir,
110 agentName: agent.config.Name,
111 images: agent.Images(),
114 if agent.config.Parent == "" {
115 l.tools.imageShow = &ImageShow{store: agent.Images()}
121 // state returns the per-turn state: the end of the view, and the date and time
122 // of the turn, then the names and responsibilities of its children.
123 func (l *TurnLoop) state() string {
124 state := "</chat>\n\nNow: " + l.clock().Format("Monday 2006-01-02 15:04 -07:00")
125 if l.messages != nil {
126 state += l.messages.ChildState(l.agent.config.Name)
132 // Report logs the report text of the subagent name as a work message and tells
133 // the clients, with the status of the run. Unless the subagent was stopped, the
134 // report joins the waiting messages and wakes the loop, as a user message of
135 // Submit does. A failed write stops the loop, because the log refuses all
137 func (l *TurnLoop) Report(name, text, status string) {
138 message, err := l.Work(name, text, status)
141 l.fail(fmt.Errorf("%w: %w", errChainLogWrite, err))
142 case status != subagentStopped:
147 // note logs a note and tells the clients. A note starts no turn.
148 func (l *TurnLoop) note(text string) error {
149 _, err := l.record("note", "", text)
154 // fail stops the loop with err.
155 func (l *TurnLoop) fail(err error) {
158 l.failure = errors.Join(l.failure, err)
162 case l.wake <- struct{}{}:
167 // Work logs text as a work message of source, such as the name of a subagent,
168 // and tells the clients, with status. The message starts no turn until it goes
170 func (l *TurnLoop) Work(source, text, status string) (Message, error) {
171 message, err := l.memory.Append("work", text)
173 return Message{}, err
187 // Wake adds the logged messages to the waiting messages and wakes the loop
188 // once, as a user message of Submit does. They join the first request of a new
189 // turn together, or the next request of a running turn after the tool results.
190 func (l *TurnLoop) Wake(messages ...Message) {
191 if len(messages) == 0 {
197 l.pending = append(l.pending, messages...)
201 case l.wake <- struct{}{}:
206 // record logs a message and tells the clients, with the client source of a user
208 func (l *TurnLoop) record(kind, source, text string) (Message, error) {
209 message, err := l.memory.Append(kind, text)
211 return Message{}, err
224 // Submit logs a user message from the client source and wakes the loop. The
225 // message joins the next request: the first one of a new turn, or the next one
226 // of a running turn.
227 func (l *TurnLoop) Submit(source, text string) (Message, error) {
228 message, err := l.record("user", source, text)
230 return Message{}, err
235 l.pending = append(l.pending, message)
239 case l.wake <- struct{}{}:
246 // StopSubagent ends the run of the subagent name and tells if it ran. Its
247 // report is logged, but it starts no turn.
248 func (l *TurnLoop) StopSubagent(name string) (bool, error) {
249 return l.runs.Stop(name)
252 // Interrupt ends the running turn. A running tool is killed, and the turn sends
253 // no further request.
254 func (l *TurnLoop) Interrupt() bool {
256 defer l.mutex.Unlock()
267 // Busy tells if a turn runs.
268 func (l *TurnLoop) Busy() bool {
270 defer l.mutex.Unlock()
272 return l.cancel != nil
275 // Append logs a message and tells the clients. The toolbox logs its calls and
276 // results through it.
277 func (l *TurnLoop) Append(kind, text string) (Message, error) {
278 return l.record(kind, "", text)
281 // Flush makes the log durable.
282 func (l *TurnLoop) Flush(ctx context.Context) error {
283 return l.memory.Flush(ctx)
286 // Run runs a turn each time user messages or reports wait, until ctx ends. It
287 // returns the error of a failed log write, which stops the agent. At its start
288 // it resumes the subagents that a stop of the daemon cut, and at its end it
289 // ends the runs of the subagents and waits for them.
290 func (l *TurnLoop) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
293 err := l.runs.Resume(ctx)
295 return fmt.Errorf("resume subagents: %w", err)
299 for ctx.Err() == nil && l.waiting() {
302 return fmt.Errorf("check turn loop failure: %w", err)
307 return fmt.Errorf("run turn: %w", err)
319 return fmt.Errorf("check turn loop failure: %w", err)
324 // waiting tells if user messages or reports wait for a request.
325 func (l *TurnLoop) waiting() bool {
327 defer l.mutex.Unlock()
329 return len(l.pending) > 0
332 // failed returns the error of a failed write of a report.
333 func (l *TurnLoop) failed() error {
335 defer l.mutex.Unlock()
340 // turn runs one turn. A failed or interrupted model call ends the turn and
341 // tells the clients. A failure also goes to the logger, so that it is not lost
342 // when no client is connected, but an interrupt does not. The messages of the
343 // turn stay in the log and the view, and the next turn starts only with a new
344 // message, so a lasting failure such as a needed login does not repeat. Only a
345 // failed log or queue write is an error of turn. A daemon stop leaves taken
346 // parent and child messages queued for restart. A user interrupt completes them
348 func (l *TurnLoop) turn(ctx context.Context) error {
350 ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
369 if l.messages != nil {
370 l.logger.Info("turn started")
373 reply, err := l.chain(ctx)
374 if l.messages != nil && !errors.Is(err, errChainLogWrite) && (err == nil || runCtx.Err() == nil) {
375 finishErr := l.messages.Finish(l, l.active, reply)
376 if finishErr != nil {
377 err = errors.Join(err, fmt.Errorf("%w: finish agent messages: %w", errChainLogWrite, finishErr))
382 if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, errChainLogWrite) {
383 if ctx.Err() == nil {
384 l.logger.Error("turn failed", "err", err)
389 Text: turnError(ctx, err),
395 if l.messages != nil {
396 l.logger.Info("turn done")
406 // chain runs the request chain of a turn until the final answer.
407 func (l *TurnLoop) chain(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
409 if len(messages) == 0 {
413 err := l.memory.Wait(ctx)
415 return "", fmt.Errorf("wait for turn memory: %w", err)
418 instructions, err := l.agent.Prompt()
420 return "", fmt.Errorf("read turn prompt: %w", err)
423 skip := make(map[int]bool, len(messages))
424 for _, message := range messages {
425 skip[message.ID] = true
428 view, err := l.layout.Split(l.memory.ViewLines(skip))
430 return "", fmt.Errorf("split turn view: %w", err)
436 request: ModelRequest{
437 Model: l.agent.config.Model,
438 Effort: l.agent.config.Effort,
439 Instructions: instructions,
440 Tools: l.agent.Tools(),
443 images: l.agent.Images(),
446 input := turnInput(view, l.state(), messages)
447 for n, message := range messages {
448 input[len(input)-len(messages)+n], err = imageUserMessage(l.agent.Images(), message.Text)
450 return "", fmt.Errorf("read turn images: %w", err)
454 reply, err := chain.Run(ctx, input)
456 return "", fmt.Errorf("run turn chain: %w", err)
462 // take returns the user messages that wait for a request, and removes them.
463 func (l *TurnLoop) take() []Message {
465 defer l.mutex.Unlock()
467 messages := l.pending
469 if l.messages != nil {
470 l.active = append(l.active, messages...)
476 // turnError returns the text of the error that ended a turn.
477 func turnError(ctx context.Context, err error) string {
478 if ctx.Err() != nil {
485 // turnInput returns the input of the first request of a turn, stable parts
486 // first: a user message for each view message, one with the per-turn state,
487 // and one for each new message, whole. The view leaves out the leaf lines of
489 func turnInput(view []string, state string, messages []Message) []any {
490 input := make([]any, 0, len(view)+1+len(messages))
491 for _, text := range view {
492 input = append(input, modelUserMessage(text))
495 input = append(input, modelUserMessage(state))
496 for _, message := range messages {
497 input = append(input, modelUserMessage(message.Text))