// work.json in the directory of the agent holds the names of the running
// subagents. Each start and each end of a run writes it whole, but Close does
// not, so after a stop of the daemon it names the runs that the stop cut, and
-// Resume goes on with them. The logs alone cannot tell this, because a stop
-// can cut a run just after its final reply.
+// Resume goes on with them. The logs alone cannot tell this, because a stop can
+// cut a run just after its final reply.
//
// Spawn and Tell split the view with the layout of the agent, which has no
// lock. They are tools, so they run in the goroutine of the turns, as each
workers sync.WaitGroup
}
+// SubagentRun is one run of a subagent: the view that its requests get, its
+// effort, the end of its context, the messages of Tell that wait for a request,
+// whether Stop ended it, and the time it started. The mutex of SubagentRuns
+// protects the messages and the stop.
+type SubagentRun struct {
+ subagent *Subagent
+ view []string
+ effort string
+ cancel context.CancelFunc
+ pending []Message
+ stopped bool
+ started time.Time
+}
+
+// SubagentWorkFile is the content of work.json.
+type SubagentWorkFile struct {
+ Running []string `json:"running"`
+}
+
// Spawn starts one subagent for each task and returns their names at once. It
// waits until the view has no pending summary, and gives the view to each
// subagent. A nil effort is the effort of the agent.
view, err := r.layout.Split(r.memory.ViewLines(nil))
if err != nil {
- return "", err
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("split worker view: %w", err)
}
names := make([]string, 0, len(tasks))
}
if err != nil {
- return "", err
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("create worker: %w", err)
}
names = append(names, name)
return "Started " + strings.Join(names, ", ") + ". Each one's report will reach you as a message when it finishes.", nil
}
-// Tell sends message to the subagent name. A running subagent reads it between
-// its tool calls, and its report answers it. A finished subagent goes on from
-// its log with a new run, with the view of now and the effort of its note.
-func (r *SubagentRuns) Tell(ctx context.Context, name, message string) (string, error) {
- r.mutex.Lock()
-
- run, found := r.running[name]
- if found {
- defer r.mutex.Unlock()
-
- told, err := run.subagent.Append("user", message)
- if err != nil {
- return "", err
- }
-
- run.pending = append(run.pending, told)
-
- return "Sent. " + name + " reads it between its tool calls, and its report answers it.", nil
- }
-
- closed := r.closed
- r.mutex.Unlock()
-
- if closed {
- return "", errSubagentClosed
- }
-
- subagent, err := r.subagents.Get(ctx, name)
- if err != nil {
- return "", err
- }
-
- effort, err := r.effort(subagent)
- if err != nil {
- return "", err
- }
-
- err = r.memory.Settle(ctx)
- if err != nil {
- return "", fmt.Errorf("wait for the summaries: %w", err)
- }
-
- view, err := r.layout.Split(r.memory.ViewLines(nil))
- if err != nil {
- return "", err
- }
-
- _, err = subagent.Append("user", message)
- if err == nil {
- err = subagent.Flush(ctx)
- }
-
- if err != nil {
- return "", err
- }
-
- err = r.start(ctx, &SubagentRun{
- subagent: subagent,
- view: view,
- effort: effort,
- })
- if err != nil {
- return "", err
- }
-
- return "Sent. " + name + "'s reply will reach you as a message.", nil
-}
-
-// Stop ends the run of the subagent name and tells if it ran. The chat gets the
-// note "Stopped by the user: NAME." under the mutex, so the note comes before
-// the report of the run.
-func (r *SubagentRuns) Stop(name string) (bool, error) {
- r.mutex.Lock()
- defer r.mutex.Unlock()
-
- run, found := r.running[name]
- if !found {
- return false, nil
- }
-
- err := r.note("Stopped by the user: " + name + ".")
- if err != nil {
- return true, err
- }
-
- run.stopped = true
- run.cancel()
-
- return true, nil
-}
-
-// Resume goes on with the runs that a stop of the daemon cut, as work.json
-// names them. The chat gets the note "The daemon restarted, cutting NAMES;
-// nothing was lost: go on.", and each cut subagent gets the same text as a
-// message of Tell. A subagent that cannot go on gets a failed report.
-func (r *SubagentRuns) Resume(ctx context.Context) error {
- names, err := r.load()
- if err != nil || len(names) == 0 {
- return err
- }
-
- text := "The daemon restarted, cutting " + strings.Join(names, ", ") + "; nothing was lost: go on."
- err = r.note(text)
- if err != nil {
- return err
- }
-
- for _, name := range names {
- _, err = r.Tell(ctx, name, text)
- if err != nil {
- r.logger.Error("subagent lost at restart", "name", name, "err", err)
- r.report(name, subagentReport(name, []string{"failed: " + err.Error()}), subagentFailed)
- }
- }
-
- // A subagent that cannot go on does not run, so work.json no longer
- // names it, and the next start does not try it again.
- r.mutex.Lock()
- defer r.mutex.Unlock()
-
- return r.save()
-}
-
-// Snapshot locks the run state, memory, and subagent logs while snapshot reads
-// the agent files. The lock order agrees with Stop, which logs under the run
-// lock.
-func (r *SubagentRuns) Snapshot(ctx context.Context, snapshot func() error) error {
- r.mutex.Lock()
- defer r.mutex.Unlock()
-
- return r.memory.Snapshot(ctx, func() error {
- return r.subagents.Snapshot(ctx, snapshot)
- })
-}
-
-// Close ends every run and waits for them. No subagent starts after Close.
-func (r *SubagentRuns) Close() {
- r.mutex.Lock()
-
- r.closed = true
- for _, run := range r.running {
- run.cancel()
- }
-
- r.mutex.Unlock()
-
- r.workers.Wait()
-}
-
// create makes a new subagent with its note, its task, and its work directory,
// and starts its run.
func (r *SubagentRuns) create(ctx context.Context, note, task string, view []string, effort string) (string, error) {
subagent, err := r.subagents.Create(ctx)
if err != nil {
- return "", err
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("create worker log: %w", err)
}
for _, message := range [][2]string{{"note", note}, {"user", task}} {
_, err = subagent.Append(message[0], message[1])
if err != nil {
- return "", err
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("append worker message: %w", err)
}
}
err = subagent.Flush(ctx)
if err != nil {
- return "", err
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("flush worker log: %w", err)
}
err = os.MkdirAll(subagent.WorkDir(), 0o700)
})
}
-// effort returns the effort of subagent from the note at the start of its log:
-// the effort of the agent, or the effort that the note names.
-func (r *SubagentRuns) effort(subagent *Subagent) (string, error) {
- note, err := subagent.First()
- if err != nil {
- return "", err
- }
-
- effort, own := strings.CutPrefix(note.Text, subagentNote+subagentNoteEffort)
- switch {
- case note.Kind != "note":
- case own:
- return effort, nil
- case note.Text == subagentNote:
- return r.agent.config.Effort, nil
- }
-
- return "", fmt.Errorf("the log of %s does not start with a subagent note", subagent.name)
-}
-
// start runs run in the background and logs its start. Its context keeps the
// values of ctx, but only Stop and Close end it.
func (r *SubagentRuns) start(ctx context.Context, run *SubagentRun) error {
r.mutex.Unlock()
run.cancel()
- return err
+ if err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("save running workers: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ return nil
}
r.workers.Add(1)
return nil
}
-// load reads the names of work.json. A missing file names none.
-func (r *SubagentRuns) load() ([]string, error) {
- data, err := os.ReadFile(r.workPath())
- if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
- return nil, nil
- }
-
- if err != nil {
- return nil, fmt.Errorf("read running subagents: %w", err)
- }
-
- var file SubagentWorkFile
-
- err = json.Unmarshal(data, &file)
- if err != nil {
- return nil, fmt.Errorf("decode running subagents: %w", err)
- }
-
- return file.Running, nil
-}
-
-// save writes the names of the running subagents to work.json. The caller
-// holds the mutex.
+// save writes the names of the running subagents to work.json. The caller holds
+// the mutex.
func (r *SubagentRuns) save() error {
file := SubagentWorkFile{
Running: append([]string{}, slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(r.running))...),
return nil
}
-func (r *SubagentRuns) workPath() string {
- return filepath.Join(r.agent.dir, subagentWorkFileName)
-}
-
// run runs the chains of run and reports and logs its end with the length of
// the run, unless Close ended it. A chain follows while messages wait after the
// final answer of the chain before it, and no chain failed. A chain that Stop
r.report(run.subagent.name, subagentReport(run.subagent.name, replies), status)
}
+func (r *SubagentRuns) workPath() string {
+ return filepath.Join(r.agent.dir, subagentWorkFileName)
+}
+
// chain runs one request chain of run and returns its final answer.
func (r *SubagentRuns) chain(ctx context.Context, run *SubagentRun) (string, error) {
instructions, err := r.agent.SubagentPrompt()
if err != nil {
- return "", err
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("read worker instructions: %w", err)
}
log, err := run.subagent.Show()
if err != nil {
- return "", err
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("read worker log: %w", err)
}
input := make([]any, 0, len(run.view)+2)
return chain.Run(ctx, input)
}
-// take returns the messages of Tell that wait for a request of run, and
-// removes them.
+// take returns the messages of Tell that wait for a request of run, and removes
+// them.
func (r *SubagentRuns) take(run *SubagentRun) []Message {
r.mutex.Lock()
defer r.mutex.Unlock()
return messages
}
-// SubagentRun is one run of a subagent: the view that its requests get, its
-// effort, the end of its context, the messages of Tell that wait for a request,
-// whether Stop ended it, and the time it started. The mutex of SubagentRuns
-// protects the messages and the stop.
-type SubagentRun struct {
- subagent *Subagent
- view []string
- effort string
- cancel context.CancelFunc
- pending []Message
- stopped bool
- started time.Time
+// Stop ends the run of the subagent name and tells if it ran. The chat gets the
+// note "Stopped by the user: NAME." under the mutex, so the note comes before
+// the report of the run.
+func (r *SubagentRuns) Stop(name string) (bool, error) {
+ r.mutex.Lock()
+ defer r.mutex.Unlock()
+
+ run, found := r.running[name]
+ if !found {
+ return false, nil
+ }
+
+ err := r.note("Stopped by the user: " + name + ".")
+ if err != nil {
+ return true, err
+ }
+
+ run.stopped = true
+ run.cancel()
+
+ return true, nil
}
-// SubagentWorkFile is the content of work.json.
-type SubagentWorkFile struct {
- Running []string `json:"running"`
+// Resume goes on with the runs that a stop of the daemon cut, as work.json
+// names them. The chat gets the note "The daemon restarted, cutting NAMES;
+// nothing was lost: go on.", and each cut subagent gets the same text as a
+// message of Tell. A subagent that cannot go on gets a failed report.
+func (r *SubagentRuns) Resume(ctx context.Context) error {
+ names, err := r.load()
+ if err != nil || len(names) == 0 {
+ if err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("load interrupted workers: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ return nil
+ }
+
+ text := "The daemon restarted, cutting " + strings.Join(names, ", ") + "; nothing was lost: go on."
+ err = r.note(text)
+ if err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("record interrupted workers: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ for _, name := range names {
+ _, err = r.Tell(ctx, name, text)
+ if err != nil {
+ r.logger.Error("subagent lost at restart", "name", name, "err", err)
+ r.report(name, subagentReport(name, []string{"failed: " + err.Error()}), subagentFailed)
+ }
+ }
+
+ // A subagent that cannot go on does not run, so work.json no longer
+ // names it, and the next start does not try it again.
+ r.mutex.Lock()
+ defer r.mutex.Unlock()
+
+ return r.save()
+}
+
+// load reads the names of work.json. A missing file names none.
+func (r *SubagentRuns) load() ([]string, error) {
+ data, err := os.ReadFile(r.workPath())
+ if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+ return nil, nil
+ }
+
+ if err != nil {
+ return nil, fmt.Errorf("read running subagents: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ var file SubagentWorkFile
+
+ err = json.Unmarshal(data, &file)
+ if err != nil {
+ return nil, fmt.Errorf("decode running subagents: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ return file.Running, nil
+}
+
+// Tell sends message to the subagent name. A running subagent reads it between
+// its tool calls, and its report answers it. A finished subagent goes on from
+// its log with a new run, with the view of now and the effort of its note.
+func (r *SubagentRuns) Tell(ctx context.Context, name, message string) (string, error) {
+ r.mutex.Lock()
+
+ run, found := r.running[name]
+ if found {
+ defer r.mutex.Unlock()
+
+ told, err := run.subagent.Append("user", message)
+ if err != nil {
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("append running worker message: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ run.pending = append(run.pending, told)
+
+ return "Sent. " + name + " reads it between its tool calls, and its report answers it.", nil
+ }
+
+ closed := r.closed
+ r.mutex.Unlock()
+
+ if closed {
+ return "", errSubagentClosed
+ }
+
+ subagent, err := r.subagents.Get(ctx, name)
+ if err != nil {
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("open worker log: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ effort, err := r.effort(subagent)
+ if err != nil {
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("read worker effort: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ err = r.memory.Settle(ctx)
+ if err != nil {
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("wait for the summaries: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ view, err := r.layout.Split(r.memory.ViewLines(nil))
+ if err != nil {
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("split worker view: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ _, err = subagent.Append("user", message)
+ if err == nil {
+ err = subagent.Flush(ctx)
+ }
+
+ if err != nil {
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("save worker message: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ err = r.start(ctx, &SubagentRun{
+ subagent: subagent,
+ view: view,
+ effort: effort,
+ })
+ if err != nil {
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("start told worker: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ return "Sent. " + name + "'s reply will reach you as a message.", nil
+}
+
+// effort returns the effort of subagent from the note at the start of its log:
+// the effort of the agent, or the effort that the note names.
+func (r *SubagentRuns) effort(subagent *Subagent) (string, error) {
+ note, err := subagent.First()
+ if err != nil {
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("read worker note: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ effort, own := strings.CutPrefix(note.Text, subagentNote+subagentNoteEffort)
+ switch {
+ case note.Kind != "note":
+ case own:
+ return effort, nil
+ case note.Text == subagentNote:
+ return r.agent.config.Effort, nil
+ }
+
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("the log of %s does not start with a subagent note", subagent.name)
+}
+
+// Snapshot locks the run state, memory, and subagent logs while snapshot reads
+// the agent files. The lock order agrees with Stop, which logs under the run
+// lock.
+func (r *SubagentRuns) Snapshot(ctx context.Context, snapshot func() error) error {
+ r.mutex.Lock()
+ defer r.mutex.Unlock()
+
+ return r.memory.Snapshot(ctx, func() error {
+ return r.subagents.Snapshot(ctx, snapshot)
+ })
+}
+
+// Close ends every run and waits for them. No subagent starts after Close.
+func (r *SubagentRuns) Close() {
+ r.mutex.Lock()
+
+ r.closed = true
+ for _, run := range r.running {
+ run.cancel()
+ }
+
+ r.mutex.Unlock()
+
+ r.workers.Wait()
}
// subagentReport returns the report of the subagent name with its replies: the