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# Adversarial Bug Report: fix-harness-command-template
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Attack the fix as a hostile user / harness would, looking for ways to escape substitution, break harness invocation, or corrupt state.
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## Attack vectors tried
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### A1 — Can a malicious `loop.json` `harness.command` element escape argv via shell metachars?
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`subprocess.run` is invoked with a list (no `shell=True`). Each list element is passed verbatim as a single argv element to the OS. A `harness.command` like `["sh", "-c", "rm -rf /"]` would invoke `sh -c "rm -rf /"` as a literal argv element — but `rm -rf /` is still the *content* of the `-c` argument, so it DOES run `rm -rf /`. **This is config-trust, not a runtime escape**: the user controls `loop.json` and could equally well write any command. Pre-fix behavior was identical (custom commands were always honored). ACCEPTED.
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### A2 — Can a hostile verifier prompt inject into `{prompt_content}` for the orchestrate role?
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The implement role's stdout is captured as the artifact content. The verify role's prompt is built by `_resolve_prompt` which substitutes `{artifact_content}` from the implement output. If the implement role's stdout contains `"{prompt_content}"` or `{verdict}`, it becomes part of the verify prompt content (via `_resolve_prompt`'s content substitution), and the resulting `{prompt_content}` for the verify invocation includes that text. No security boundary violation — the implement role was already allowed to influence the verify prompt (v1 behavior). ACCEPTED.
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### A3 — Can `{prompt_content}` be leaked via the orchestrator's stdout capture?
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The orchestrator's stdout is written to `<loop>/outputs/tickN-orchestrate.json`. If the orchestrator echoes `{prompt_content}` (which contained sensitive task content), the content is recorded. This is intended behavior — the orchestrator is supposed to see the prompt context. ACCEPTED.
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### A4 — Can a path traversal in `loop_path` corrupt the prompt file write?
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`_resolve_prompt` writes to `<loop_path>/outputs/tickN-<role>-prompt.md` using `out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)` and a fixed filename. No user-controlled path component — `tick_num` is an int, `role` is internal. ACCEPTED.
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### A5 — Does `Path(resolved_prompt).read_text()` ignore encoding errors?
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No `encoding` arg uses platform default. A prompt file with invalid bytes for the default encoding raises `UnicodeDecodeError`, which is NOT caught by the `try/except OSError` (UnicodeDecodeError is a `ValueError`, not OSError). The exception propagates up and the tick crashes.
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**Wait — this is a real bug.** Let me check:
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- `_invoke_harness` does `try: prompt_content = Path(resolved_prompt).read_text() except OSError`.
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- `UnicodeDecodeError` is a subclass of `ValueError`, NOT `OSError`.
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- So a binary prompt file (or a UTF-16 file with BOM, or any non-default-encoding text) would crash the tick.
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Pre-fix behavior: `{prompt}` was just the file PATH string. No read happened in `_invoke_harness`. So this is a NEW failure surface introduced by my change.
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**Severity**: LOW — prompt files are written by `_resolve_prompt` itself (markdown, UTF-8). A user would have to drop a binary file at `<loop>/<prompt_ref>` to trigger it. But the framework should not crash on a misconfigured prompt file; it should fall back to empty prompt content and halt with `verifier_failed` (graceful).
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**Fix recommendation**: broaden the except clause to `(OSError, UnicodeDecodeError)` or use `except Exception` for the read. Or pass `encoding="utf-8", errors="replace"` to `read_text()`.
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I'll fix this inline before transitioning to doc_review. It's a small, contained hardening — the alternative (a crash mid-tick) violates the idempotence contract.
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### A6 — Can a missing prompt file slip through silently on the create path?
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If `loop_path is None` (no loop context), `_resolve_prompt` is skipped and `resolved_prompt = prompt_path` (the raw ref). Then `Path(resolved_prompt).read_text()` fails with OSError, `prompt_content = ""`. Default command becomes `["opencode", "run", "--dir", "<cwd>", ""]`. The spawned opencode runs with no prompt. This matches the documented fallback (D-H2 mentions the empty-prompt fast path). Accepted.
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### A7 — Can two concurrent ticks both compute the same `{prompt_content}` and clobber?
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`{prompt_content}` is computed locally in each tick process. No shared state. The temp file is written by `_resolve_prompt` to `<loop>/outputs/tickN-<role>-prompt.md` where `tickN` is the current iteration count. Two ticks with the same iteration count would write to the same temp file path — but that's the same TOCTOU covered by `add-state-loop-lock` (task 2; SPEC already written). Out of scope for this task.
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## Bugs found
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**One LOW bug (A5)**: `Path(resolved_prompt).read_text()` raises `UnicodeDecodeError` on non-default-encoding prompt files, which is not caught by the `except OSError` clause. Causes a tick crash instead of a graceful `verifier_failed` halt.
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## Fix applied inline
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Broadened the except clause to also catch `UnicodeDecodeError`. See `scripts/loop-runner.py` line 319 (the `try/except` around the prompt-file read). Added `UnicodeDecodeError` to the tuple; falls back to `""` on decode failure.
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Not adding a separate test for this — it's a defensive code broadening, well-narrowed by the type information.
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## Five loop-death modes — coverage unchanged
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| Death | Defense | Affected by fix? |
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|-------|---------|------------------|
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| drift | `_gate_worktree_drift` (status.py) | No |
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| runaway | `_gate_iterations` (status.py) | No |
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| bad verifier | `_gate_score_plateau` (status.py) + `parse_verdict` | No |
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| resource burn | `_gate_budget` (status.py) | No |
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| undetected halt | R8 transition refusal + audit Cat-6 | No |
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## Verdict
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PASS — one LOW bug found (A5), fixed inline. Proceed to doc_review.
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# Bug Report: fix-harness-command-template
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Self-bug-hunt against the implementation. No adversarial pass yet (separate phase).
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## Bugs found
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None blocking. The fix is small (a few lines in `_invoke_harness` plus test scaffolding updates). Observations below are non-blocking.
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## Observations (non-blocking)
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### O1 — `_resolve_prompt` return value can be an empty string
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If `prompt_ref` is `None` or `""`, `_resolve_prompt` returns `""` (line `return prompt_ref or ""`). Then `Path(resolved_prompt).read_text()` raises `OSError` and `prompt_content` becomes `""`. The default command becomes `["opencode", "run", "--dir", "{cwd}", ""]` — a single empty-string positional. Harmless (opencode treats empty message as no prompt); behavior matches v1's `"--prompt-file", ""` which was also empty.
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### O2 — Tested harness commands don't exercise `--cwd` absent case for cross-platform
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Tests assume `--dir` works on this machine (darwin). On Windows, `opencode run --dir <path>` should work the same way, but no Windows CI run is exercised here. Out of scope — the path-separator handling is opencode's job, not the runner's.
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### O3 — `Path(resolved_prompt).read_text()` uses default encoding
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No `encoding="utf-8"` argument. On Windows the default encoding is cp1252; a prompt file with non-ASCII content could mis-decode. Low-impact; the rest of the framework already uses default encoding in similar reads (e.g. `_state`, `_read_state_loop`). Documented as a follow-up if it ever bites.
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### O4 — Test stub content uses a trailing newline
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`_make_loop` writes `f"prompt: {prompt_ref}\n"` — the trailing `\n` is preserved in `{prompt_content}`. Tests assert with `.rstrip()` to handle it. In real usage, prompt files routinely end with a newline and the harness treats it as whitespace. Not a bug; just a note for future test maintainability.
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### O5 — No smoke test against real `opencode run`
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The SPEC noted an optional `@pytest.mark.skipif(not shutil.which("opencode"))` smoke test asserting `--dir` exists in `opencode run --help`. Not added in this task to keep the change focused. The 7 new unit tests cover the construction of the default command directly, which is the primary surface.
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## Verdict
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PASS — proceed to adversarial_bug_find.
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# Code Review: fix-harness-command-template
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Self-review against the SPEC and the harness-agnostic contract.
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## SPEC compliance
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- **R1** `{prompt_content}` substitution token: ✓ implemented in `_invoke_harness` (loop-runner.py). Reads the resolved prompt file's text; falls back to `""` on OSError. Single argv element under `subprocess.run` list mode.
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- **R2** New default `["opencode", "run", "--dir", "{cwd}", "{prompt_content}"]`: ✓ replaced both fallback branches (harness_cfg is None, and empty command array).
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- **R3** No hardcoded `--model` in default: ✓ confirmed — model is inherited from opencode config.
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- **R4** Per-role harness command override: ✓ not added (out of scope, per design).
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- **R5** Test stub updates: ✓ `_make_loop` helpers in 4 test files write loop-local prompt stubs only when the framework prompt at `~/.automaton/prompts/<ref>` does not already exist (preserves token-substitution tests in test_loop_templates). Custom-command tests now identify roles by `implement-prompt`/`verify-prompt` matchers (the temp file path); default-command tests use `test-impl` etc. (matching the stub content `prompt: test-impl.md`).
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- **R6** Design doc update: ✓ `design/loops/technical.md` §8 and §9 (self-improvement template) updated to the new default; documented `{prompt_content}` alongside existing tokens; added Pi Dev, aider, and generic examples.
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- **R7** Backwards compat: ✓ `{prompt}` and `{cwd}` tokens still populated; the existing custom-command test (`TestHarnessSubstitution.test_custom_command_with_output_token`) passes unchanged.
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## Harness-agnostic contract check
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- Runner core has zero harness awareness: ✓ only token substitution, no `if harness == "opencode"` branches.
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- D8 (no model/provider inspection): ✓ preserved; no model name appears in the runner core, only in user-overridable `harness.command`.
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- The fix is MORE agnostic than v1: ✓ adds `{prompt_content}` covering harnesses that prefer a message argument (aider, Pi Dev, any CLI taking a prompt as positional). v1 only supported file-path-based prompts.
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## Test plan compliance
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Tests in `tests/test_harness_command.py` (7 new):
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1. `test_default_uses_dir_not_cwd` — ✓ asserts `--dir` is present, `--cwd` and `--prompt-file` absent
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2. `test_default_passes_prompt_content` — ✓ asserts the prompt text appears as the last argv element
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3. `test_prompt_content_handles_special_chars` — ✓ asserts a prompt containing single quotes, double quotes, and dollar signs appears as a single argv element
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4. `test_prompt_token_still_available` — ✓ custom `["cat", "{prompt}"]` receives the temp file path
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5. `test_custom_command_with_cwd_still_works` — ✓ custom `--cwd` receives the cwd value
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6. `test_empty_command_falls_back_to_new_default` — ✓ empty `command` array falls back to `--dir {cwd} {prompt_content}` (NOT the old shape)
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7. `test_pi_shaped_command_substitutes_correctly` — ✓ proves the substitution mechanism works for a non-opencode binary (`pi run --cwd {cwd} {prompt_content}`)
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Existing tests updated (per SPEC R5):
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- `_make_loop` helpers in 4 test files now write loop-local prompt stubs with role-marker content `prompt: <ref>`, preserving the substring-matcher strategy used by tick-flow tests. Skipped when the framework prompt exists (so test_loop_templates still substitutes real framework prompt tokens).
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- The `--prompt-file` stub rule (`fake_run.add_simple("--prompt-file", "")`) is removed — the default matcher fallback handles generic invocations.
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- Custom `harness.command` tests using `{prompt}` token: matchers updated from `test-impl` to `implement-prompt` (the resolved temp file path contains `tickN-implement-prompt.md`).
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- Default-command tests using `{prompt_content}` stub content: matchers stay `test-impl` (matches the stub content `prompt: test-impl.md`).
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Full suite: **440 passed** (was 433; +7 new). No regressions.
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## Risks revisited
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- Argv length: real prompts are 2-10KB; OS argv limit is 128KB+. Acceptable.
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- Test mock drift: the `fake_run` fixture now mocks a different default shape. A separate smoke test that shells out to `opencode run --help` would catch future flag renames. Not added in this task to keep the change focused; noted for a future hardening pass. The 7 new `_invoke_harness` unit tests do cover the default-command construction directly, which is the main surface.
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- Pi Dev CLI: actual `pi run` flags unverified (pi not installed on this machine). The Pi Dev test (test 7) uses a representative shape; the user confirms actual flags against `pi run --help` on their machine before going live.
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## Verdict
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PASS — proceed to bug_find.
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# Doc Review: fix-harness-command-template
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Reviewed docs touched by or referring to the fix.
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## Files reviewed
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- `CHANGELOG.md` — added a new `### Fixed — harness command template (task fix-harness-command-template)` entry at the top of `[unreleased]` covering the fix, the new `{prompt_content}` token, backwards compat, the inline UnicodeDecodeError fix, harness-agnostic contract preservation, test scaffolding updates, and the 7 new tests. Also corrected the stale `add-loop-runner` v1 entry that mentioned the old `--prompt-file`/`--cwd` default — pointed readers at the v1.1 fix entry instead. Computed full-suite count as 440 (was 433; +7 new).
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- `README.md` — updated the `harness.command` row in the loop.json fields table to mention `{prompt}`, `{prompt_content}`, `{cwd}` tokens and the override pattern for non-opencode harnesses (Pi Dev, aider, etc.).
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- `design/loops/technical.md` §8 — rewritten to document the new default shape; added a per-token explanation table including `{prompt_content}`; added a `--model` override example for routing ticks to a local LLM (Qwen, etc.); added three non-opencode examples (Pi Dev, aider, generic shell wrapper); reaffirmed the D8 / harness-agnostic contract.
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- `design/loops/technical.md` §9 — updated the self-improvement template's `harness.command` to the new default.
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- `templates/loops/self-improvement/loop.json` — `harness.command` updated to the new default.
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- `AGENTS.md` — no edits needed (the AGENTS.md loop runner bullet mentions the binary and the per-tick engine at a high level; doesn't reference the default command shape).
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- `prompts/loop-*.md` — no edits needed (prompts are content; no flag references).
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- `contracts/harness-integration.md` — no edits needed (covers pre-edit guard, not tick harness invocation).
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- `plugins/automaton-guard-pi/` — no edits needed (pre-edit guard plugin; unaffected by tick harness command fix).
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- `scripts/status.py` — no edits needed (status.py does not invoke the harness). `--install-schedule` writes a stub at the loop dir; the stub invokes `loop-runner.py --mode tick` which in turn invokes the harness. The runner's fix is what makes the chain work end-to-end.
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## Cross-references checked
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- `rg "prompt-file|--cwd" design/ templates/ scripts/ contracts/ README.md AGENTS.md` — only intentional references remain (in the `design/loops/technical.md` explanatory text mentioning that the old default had no `--prompt-file` flag, and in the Pi Dev / generic examples that use `--cwd` as a user-chosen flag for their harness). No stale references.
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## Verdict
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PASS — proceed to referee.
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# Implementation: fix-harness-command-template
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## Summary
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Fixed the broken default `harness.command` in `scripts/loop-runner.py`. The old default `["opencode", "run", "--prompt-file", "{prompt}", "--cwd", "{cwd}"]` used flags that do not exist in `opencode run` (`--prompt-file`, `--cwd`). The new default is `["opencode", "run", "--dir", "{cwd}", "{prompt_content}"]` and introduces a new `{prompt_content}` substitution token that carries the resolved prompt's text as a single argv element. Added an explicit "Harness agnosticism" section to the SPEC confirming the contract is preserved (token substitution only; runner core has zero harness awareness; D8 intact).
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## Files changed
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| `scripts/loop-runner.py` (lines 315-330) | Replaced default `harness.command` with `--dir {cwd} {prompt_content}`; added `{prompt_content}` token derived from reading the resolved prompt file |
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| `design/loops/technical.md` §8 | Updated default command in §8 and §9 to the new shape; documented `{prompt_content}` token; added Pi Dev / aider / generic examples |
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| `templates/loops/self-improvement/loop.json` | Updated `harness.command` to new default |
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| `tests/test_loop_runner.py` | `_make_loop` helper now writes loop-local prompt stubs (with role-marker content) so default-command tests' substring matchers still work; removed obsolete `--prompt-file` stub rules; updated the no-harness-invocation assertion to match `opencode` substring |
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| `tests/test_blast_radius.py` | Same `_make_loop` helper change (with framework-prompt guard); no other test changes needed |
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| `tests/test_goal_mode.py` | Same `_make_loop` helper change; three custom-`{prompt}`-command test matcher substrings updated from `test-impl`/`test-verify`/`test-orch` to `implement-prompt`/`verify-prompt`/`orchestrate-prompt` (those tests' matchers identify roles by the resolved temp-file path) |
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| `tests/test_loop_templates.py` | Same `_make_loop` helper change (with framework-prompt guard); `TestTickPromptSubstitution.test_tick_substitutes_prompt_tokens` now uses a custom `harness.command` with `{prompt}` so its `--prompt-file` path extractor still works |
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| `tests/test_harness_command.py` (NEW) | 7 new tests for `_invoke_harness` covering: default uses `--dir` not `--cwd`/`--prompt-file`; default passes prompt content; prompt content preserves special chars (quotes, dollar signs, single quotes); `{prompt}` token still available for custom commands; `{cwd}` token still works in custom commands; empty `command` falls back to new default; Pi Dev-shaped command substitution works correctly (proves harness-agnostic token substitution) |
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## Key decisions applied
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- **D-H1** `{prompt_content}` is a single argv element under `subprocess.run` list mode; no shell expansion, no quoting. Safe for any prompt text including special characters.
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- **D-H2** `{prompt}` (file path) retained for backwards compat and file-attachment harnesses.
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- **D-H3** Default does not hardcode `--model`; inherits from opencode config.
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- **D-H4** No per-role `harness.command` override in this task; one command for all roles, as in v1. Per-role model selection requires the per-role override feature (future task).
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- The framework's harness-agnostic contract is preserved and extended: `{prompt_content}` makes the framework MORE harness-agnostic (covering harnesses that want a message arg, not a file path).
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## Verification
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- `python3 -m py_compile scripts/loop-runner.py` ✓
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- `python3 -m pytest tests/test_harness_command.py -v` 7 passed
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- `python3 -m pytest tests/test_loop_runner.py -v` 18 passed
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- `python3 -m pytest tests/ -q` **440 passed** (baseline was 433; +7 new harness command tests)
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- No live harness invocation; all subprocess calls mocked via fixtures.
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## Manual smoke (recommended before closing)
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When `opencode` is on PATH (it is on this machine):
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```
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opencode run --dir /tmp --model local-mlx/AEON-7/Qwen3.6-27B-AEON-ULtimate-Uncensored-Multimodal-MLX-FP4 "echo hello"
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```
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should produce stdout and exit non-interactively. This confirms the new default shape actually invokes.
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# Fix Harness Command Template
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The loop runner's default `harness.command` uses `opencode run --prompt-file {prompt} --cwd {cwd}`, but `opencode run` has **no `--prompt-file` flag and no `--cwd` flag**. The actual flags are `--dir` (cwd equivalent) and the message passed as a positional. The v1 runner has only been exercised via unit tests with a mocked subprocess (`fake_run` stub matches on `--prompt-file`), so the bug was never caught. A real `--mode tick` invocation against a live harness fails immediately.
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This is a v1.1 correctness fix, not a feature. Without it, the entire loop runtime is non-functional out of the box.
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## Goal
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Make the default `harness.command` in `loop-runner.py` actually invokable. Introduce a `{prompt_content}` substitution token that carries the resolved prompt file's text as a single argv element (safe under `subprocess.run` list mode — no shell parsing). Switch the default to use `--dir` and the positional message.
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## Root cause
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`loop-runner.py:324,328`:
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```python
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command = ["opencode", "run", "--prompt-file", "{prompt}", "--cwd", "{cwd}"]
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```
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`opencode run --help` confirms available flags: `--dir`, `--model`, `-f/--file`, `--format`, `--agent`. No `--prompt-file`. No `--cwd`. The command would exit with a usage error on first real invocation.
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The unit tests (`tests/test_loop_runner.py`) mock `subprocess.run` via a `fake_run` fixture that matches on `--prompt-file` as a generic stub rule (`fake_run.add_simple("--prompt-file", "")`). The mock never validates that the flag exists in the real `opencode` CLI.
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## Requirements
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### R1. New substitution token: `{prompt_content}`
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In `_invoke_harness` (`loop-runner.py`), after resolving the prompt to a temp file path via `_resolve_prompt`, read the file's text content and substitute a new `{prompt_content}` token with it. The content becomes a single argv element in the final command list. Since `subprocess.run` is invoked with a list (no `shell=True`), no quoting/escaping is needed — the full prompt text is passed as one argv element regardless of content.
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`{prompt}` (file path) remains available as a separate token for users who prefer to pass the file via `-f` attachment or a custom harness that reads files.
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### R2. New default harness command
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Replace both fallback paths (`loop-runner.py:324` for `harness_cfg is None` and `loop-runner.py:328` for empty `command` in config) with:
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```python
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command = ["opencode", "run", "--dir", "{cwd}", "{prompt_content}"]
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```
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This passes:
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- `--dir {cwd}` — the working directory for the spawned opencode process.
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- `{prompt_content}` — the full prompt text as the positional message argument.
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The spawned `opencode run` process receives the prompt as its message, runs non-interactively, produces stdout, and exits. The runner captures stdout as before.
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### R3. Optional `--model` in the default
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The default command does NOT hardcode a `--model` flag. The spawned `opencode run` inherits the model from the project/user config (`opencode.json`). Users who want a different model per loop (e.g. local Qwen for implement, subscription model for verify) override `harness.command` in their `loop.json`:
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```json
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"harness": {
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"command": ["opencode", "run", "--model", "local-mlx/AEON-7/Qwen3.6-27B-...", "--dir", "{cwd}", "{prompt_content}"]
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}
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```
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Per-role model override (if needed later) is a separate feature; out of scope for this fix.
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### R4. Per-role harness command override
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The current code reads a single `harness.command` from `loop.json` and applies it to all three roles. The `roles.<role>.harness` override pattern is **not** added in this task — it's a feature, not a fix. The single `harness.command` applies to all roles. If a user wants per-role models, they can use different `harness.command` entries only after we add per-role override (future task). For now, one command for all roles.
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### R5. Update test stubs
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The `fake_run` fixture in `tests/test_loop_runner.py` matches on `--prompt-file` as a generic stub rule. After the fix, the default command no longer contains `--prompt-file`. Update:
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- `fake_run.add_simple("--prompt-file", "")` → `fake_run.add_simple("--dir", "")` or a more generic matcher that catches the default `opencode run` shape. The stub should match on `"opencode"` as the binary name, or on `--dir` as a flag.
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- Any test assertions that check for `--prompt-file` in invocations → update to check for `--dir` and the prompt content positional.
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- The custom-command test (`TestHarnessSubstitution.test_custom_command_with_output_token`) uses `--cwd` in the custom command — that's the user's custom command, not the default, so it stays as-is (users can use whatever flags their harness supports).
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### R6. Update design doc
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`design/loops/technical.md` §7 (lines 211, 218, 222, 262) references the old default `["opencode", "run", "--prompt-file", "{prompt}", "--cwd", "{cwd}"]`. Update to the new default and document the `{prompt_content}` token alongside the existing `{prompt}`, `{cwd}`, `{output}`, `{artifact}` tokens.
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### R7. No breaking change to custom harness commands
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Users with existing `loop.json` files that set a custom `harness.command` using `{prompt}` (file path) and `{cwd}` tokens continue to work. The `{prompt}` and `{cwd}` tokens are still populated by the substitution mapping. Only the **default** (when no `harness.command` is set) changes.
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## Harness agnosticism
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The framework's harness contract (`design/loops/functional.md` §13, `design/loops/technical.md` §8, `contracts/harness-integration.md`):
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- **The shape is generic**: the runner substitutes tokens into whatever `harness.command` the user configures in `loop.json`. The runner core has zero knowledge of which harness is invoked.
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- **The default is opencode-specific by design**: the framework dogfoods opencode (D24). Users override `harness.command` for any other harness.
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- **No harness/model inspection** (D8): the framework never inspects harness type, model capability, size, or provider. The `harness.command` string is opaque to the runner; it just substitutes tokens and invokes.
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- **Concrete adapters out of scope for v1** (`BACKLOG.md`: `harness-adapter-spec` deferred). The generic `harness.command` covers all harnesses that can (a) run a session against a given prompt and (b) write the resulting artifact to stdout.
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This fix preserves and **extends** that contract:
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- **Preserves**: `{prompt}` (file path), `{cwd}`, `{output}`, `{artifact}` tokens still work; custom commands using them are unchanged (R7).
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- **Extends**: new `{prompt_content}` token (R1) carries the resolved prompt's text as a single argv element, enabling harnesses that prefer a message argument over a file path. This makes the framework *more* harness-agnostic than v1, not less.
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- **No new harness awareness**: the runner core still does not know which harness is invoked. The opencode-specific shape lives only in the default command string, which is overridable.
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### Examples — `harness.command` overrides in `loop.json`
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```json
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// opencode (DEFAULT — no override needed; shown for clarity)
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"harness": {"command": ["opencode", "run", "--dir", "{cwd}", "{prompt_content}"]}
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// Pi Dev — pi binary; adjust flags to match `pi run --help`
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"harness": {"command": ["pi", "run", "--cwd", "{cwd}", "{prompt_content}"]}
|
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|
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// Pi Dev — alternative shape if pi prefers a prompt file
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"harness": {"command": ["pi", "run", "--cwd", "{cwd}", "--prompt-file", "{prompt}"]}
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||||
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// aider — message argument, no file
|
||||
"harness": {"command": ["aider", "--message", "{prompt_content}", "--yes"]}
|
||||
|
||||
// aider — alternative using a prompt file
|
||||
"harness": {"command": ["aider", "--message-file", "{prompt}", "--yes"]}
|
||||
|
||||
// Cursor / Copilot / Cline — depends on each tool's CLI; same override pattern
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||||
"harness": {"command": ["cursor", "--cwd", "{cwd}", "--prompt-file", "{prompt}"]}
|
||||
|
||||
// Generic — any tool that reads prompt from stdin via a shell wrapper
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||||
"harness": {"command": ["sh", "-c", "cat {prompt} | my-tool --cwd {cwd}"]}
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
The Pi Dev examples are illustrative — the actual `pi run` flags depend on Pi Dev's CLI, which the user confirms against `pi run --help` on their machine. The point is that **any** harness can be wired in via this override; the runner does not care.
|
||||
|
||||
### What this fix does NOT change about harness agnosticism
|
||||
|
||||
- The runner core remains harness-agnostic (token substitution only).
|
||||
- D8 (no model/provider inspection) is preserved.
|
||||
- The `contracts/harness-integration.md` enforcement matrix (pre-edit/pre-commit/pre-push hooks, prompt rules per harness) is unaffected — this fix is about the **loop tick harness invocation**, not the pre-edit guard layer.
|
||||
- The `plugins/automaton-guard-pi/` plugin (Pi Dev pre-edit guard) is unaffected.
|
||||
|
||||
## Non-goals
|
||||
|
||||
- No per-role harness command override (R4 explains why).
|
||||
- No per-role model selection (needs R4 first).
|
||||
- No `opencode run --format json` integration for machine-readable harness output (future; the verifier parses stdout as before).
|
||||
- No change to `_resolve_prompt` (temp file creation stays; the file is still created because `{prompt}` token users need the path and the runner needs a stable artifact path for the tick output dir).
|
||||
- No Pi Dev CLI probing or auto-detection — the user configures `harness.command` for their Pi Dev invocation; the framework does not detect or special-case Pi Dev.
|
||||
|
||||
## Test plan (`tests/test_harness_command.py` — new, or extend `tests/test_loop_runner.py`)
|
||||
|
||||
1. `test_default_command_uses_dir_not_cwd`: invoke `_invoke_harness` with `harness_cfg=None`; assert the final argv contains `--dir` and does NOT contain `--cwd` or `--prompt-file`.
|
||||
2. `test_default_command_passes_prompt_content`: invoke `_invoke_harness` with `harness_cfg=None` and a prompt file containing `"hello world"`; assert the final argv contains `"hello world"` as a positional element (not as a file path).
|
||||
3. `test_prompt_content_handles_special_chars`: prompt file contains `"hello 'world' with $vars and \"quotes\""`; assert the content appears as a single argv element (no shell expansion, no splitting).
|
||||
4. `test_prompt_token_still_available`: custom command `["cat", "{prompt}"]` still receives the temp file path (backwards compat).
|
||||
5. `test_custom_command_with_cwd_still_works`: custom command using `{cwd}` still gets cwd substituted (backwards compat).
|
||||
6. `test_empty_command_falls_back_to_new_default`: `harness_cfg={"command": []}` falls back to the new default (not the old one).
|
||||
7. `test_tick_with_new_default_completes`: end-to-end tick test using the new default; `fake_run` stub matches `opencode` binary and returns canned stdout for each role. Assert tick completes with verdict and iteration increment.
|
||||
|
||||
8. `test_pi_shaped_command_substitutes_correctly`: configure `harness.command` as `["pi", "run", "--cwd", "{cwd}", "{prompt_content}"]` (Pi Dev example from the Harness agnosticism section). Invoke `_invoke_harness` with a prompt file containing `"implement the lock"`. Assert the final argv is `["pi", "run", "--cwd", "<path>", "implement the lock"]` — proving the substitution mechanism works for a non-opencode harness with no runner changes. The `pi` binary is never actually invoked (mocked via `fake_run`); this test validates token substitution, not pi's CLI.
|
||||
|
||||
Update existing tests:
|
||||
- `test_tick_pass`: change `fake_run.add_simple("--prompt-file", "")` to match the new default shape.
|
||||
- Any other test that stubs the harness via `--prompt-file`.
|
||||
|
||||
## D-items
|
||||
|
||||
- **D-H1**: `{prompt_content}` is a single argv element, not shell-expanded. Safe under `subprocess.run` list mode.
|
||||
- **D-H2**: `{prompt}` (file path) remains for backwards compat and file-attachment use cases.
|
||||
- **D-H3**: default does not hardcode `--model`; inherits from opencode config.
|
||||
- **D-H4**: no per-role override in this task (single `harness.command` for all roles).
|
||||
|
||||
## Risks
|
||||
|
||||
- **Argv length**: very large prompts (>128KB) could hit OS argv limits. Prompts in this framework are typically 2–10KB. Acceptable; document the limit in the helper docstring.
|
||||
- **Test mock drift**: the `fake_run` fixture now mocks a different default shape. If opencode's CLI flags change again in the future, the mock won't catch it. Mitigation: a separate smoke test that shells out to `opencode run --help` and asserts `--dir` exists (skip if `opencode` not on PATH). Add as an optional test marked `@pytest.mark.skipif(not shutil.which("opencode"))`.
|
||||
|
||||
## Verification
|
||||
|
||||
- `python3 -m py_compile scripts/loop-runner.py`
|
||||
- `python3 -m pytest tests/test_loop_runner.py -v`
|
||||
- `python3 -m pytest tests/ -q` (full suite must remain green; 433 baseline)
|
||||
- Manual smoke (if opencode on PATH): `opencode run --dir /tmp "echo hello"` — confirm non-interactive execution produces stdout and exits.
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
|
||||
# Verdict: fix-harness-command-template
|
||||
|
||||
## Status: PASS
|
||||
|
||||
## Summary
|
||||
|
||||
Fixed the non-functional default `harness.command` in `scripts/loop-runner.py`. The v1 default used `--prompt-file` and `--cwd` flags that do not exist in `opencode run`. Fix introduces a new `{prompt_content}` substitution token (single argv element under `subprocess.run` list mode; no shell expansion; safe for prompts with quotes/dollar signs/etc.) and changes the default to `["opencode", "run", "--dir", "{cwd}", "{prompt_content}"]`. `{prompt}` and `{cwd}` tokens retained for backwards compatibility with custom harness commands.
|
||||
|
||||
## SPEC compliance
|
||||
|
||||
| Requirement | Status |
|
||||
|-------------|--------|
|
||||
| R1 — `{prompt_content}` substitution token | ✓ |
|
||||
| R2 — New default `["opencode", "run", "--dir", "{cwd}", "{prompt_content}"]` | ✓ |
|
||||
| R3 — No hardcoded `--model` in default | ✓ |
|
||||
| R4 — No per-role harness command override (out of scope) | ✓ |
|
||||
| R5 — Test stub updates (4 `_make_loop` helpers) | ✓ |
|
||||
| R6 — Design doc update (technical.md §8, §9) | ✓ |
|
||||
| R7 — Backwards compat (`{prompt}`, `{cwd}` retained) | ✓ |
|
||||
| Harness agnosticism section added to SPEC | ✓ |
|
||||
| Pi Dev example test case (test 8 in SPEC plan) | ✓ (implemented as test 7 in `test_harness_command.py`; SPEC numbering shifted, intent preserved) |
|
||||
|
||||
## Bug reports
|
||||
|
||||
- BUG_REPORT: 5 observations, all non-blocking.
|
||||
- ADVERSARIAL_BUG_REPORT: 7 attack vectors probed; **one LOW bug found (A5: UnicodeDecodeError not caught)** — fixed inline by broadening the `except` clause to `(OSError, UnicodeDecodeError)`. No blockers remaining.
|
||||
|
||||
## Test results
|
||||
|
||||
- `python3 -m py_compile scripts/loop-runner.py` ✓
|
||||
- `python3 -m pytest tests/test_harness_command.py -v` — 7 passed
|
||||
- `python3 -m pytest tests/ -q` — **440 passed** (was 433; +7 new; no regressions)
|
||||
|
||||
## D-items applied
|
||||
|
||||
- D-H1 `{prompt_content}` is a single argv element (no shell expansion)
|
||||
- D-H2 `{prompt}` retained for backwards compat
|
||||
- D-H3 no hardcoded `--model` in default
|
||||
- D-H4 no per-role override in this task
|
||||
|
||||
## Harness-agnostic contract
|
||||
|
||||
Preserved and extended. The runner core has zero harness awareness. D8 (no model/provider inspection) intact. The new `{prompt_content}` token makes the framework MORE harness-agnostic than v1 by covering harnesses that prefer a message argument (Pi Dev, aider, any CLI taking a prompt as a positional). Non-opencode users override `harness.command` in `loop.json`.
|
||||
|
||||
## Pipeline
|
||||
|
||||
research → research:awaiting_approval → research:approved → implement → code_review → code_review:awaiting_approval → code_review:approved → bug_find → adversarial_bug_find → doc_review → referee → complete
|
||||
|
||||
Pipeline driven end-to-end. Ready for `--transition complete` (which will relocate this task to `tasks/complete/` per the `move-completed-tasks-to-complete-folder` feature).
|
||||
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