feat(agent): close all post-fix remainders + golden eval harness (F.1-F.2, C.1-C.2, B.4-B.6, E.1-E.2)
Ships the 9 remaining post-fix items and a golden-conversation eval harness that validates them against the live agent. All 4 evals pass. SOUL.md (F.1, C.2, E.1): - Consolidated three overlapping task-flow sections (MANDATORY TASK FLOW, 'Every chat is a task', 'AFTER EVERY TASK: WRITE BACK') into one. ~50 lines shorter. The operator's 'be more crisp' feedback. - Added anti-patterns: don't re-execute on UI/sidebar complaints (C.2); don't re-run fleet-wide audits when same-day knowledge exists (E.1). - Updated approval vocabulary in step 4 to match tasks.go (approved/yes/ go/proceed/continue/ok/go ahead). Tool-result strings (F.2): - set_goal: tightened to 'Goal set. NEXT: pre-plan (read-only tools only). Then propose_plan. Do not call run.' - update_plan_step: added '(Advance with update_plan_step + run; do not re-propose.)' C.1 — completeTask rejects re-completion of a terminal session: - Returns errTaskAlreadyComplete when status is already done/failed. - The tool result directs: 'Task is already complete. Do not call complete_task again. If the operator pointed out a UI/sidebar inconsistency, fix it with update_plan_step...' B.4 — Surface real model error text: - chatWith's error event now includes finish_reason + refusal text: 'Nomos returned an empty or unusable response (finish_reason=length). Retry or rephrase.' instead of generic 'empty response'. - The resume-failed note already carried errText (B.3), which now has the real context. B.5 — Back off between resume retries (4s, 8s): - resumeSession now sleeps before attempts 1 and 2 (exponential backoff). A transient provider issue gets time to clear instead of 3 identical calls in 3 seconds. B.6 — Don't persist the empty placeholder as a visible bubble: - If a chat turn ends with no text and no tool calls (model empty-response'd and all retries failed), delete the placeholder row instead of persisting an empty bubble. The error was already streamed via done+error=true. E.2 — list_lxcs last-audited hint: - The list_lxcs result now includes last_audited_at — the most recent knowledge entry (tagged audit/update, or titled audit/update) linked via an 'about' edge. The agent can see 'nextcloud — last audited today' and skip re-running it. Tool-call doubling bug fix (found by the eval harness): - main.go + continue.go: the tool_use and tool_result events were both appending separate entries to the persisted tool_calls array, doubling every tool call in the transcript. Confirmed pre-existing (d9cdcee1, v0.3.x era). Fixed: tool_use creates the entry, tool_result merges the result into the same entry (matched by id). One entry per tool call. Golden eval harness (cmd/nomos/eval/): - A standalone Go program that loads YAML manifests of golden conversations + assertions, sends prompts to the chat endpoint, drains the SSE stream (keeping the agent's context alive), and scores structural assertions against the persisted transcript. - 4 golden conversations covering: trivial read-only (degenerate case), plan + proceed (the original duplication bug), UI complaint (no re-exec), fleet audit (knowledge preferred over re-execution). - Structural assertions only (tool-call sequences, plan steps, writeback, completion) — text quality is model-dependent and not scored. - Run: go run ./cmd/nomos/eval -gateway http://localhost:8092 -manifest cmd/nomos/eval/evals/*.yaml (~$0.10/run in OpenRouter credits). Eval results (4/4 passed): trivial_readonly: 2 tool calls, no plan, no run plan_advances_on_proceed: 13 tool calls, propose_plan x1, writes back ui_complaint_no_rerun: 12 tool calls, propose_plan x1, writes back knowledge_preferred_over_rerun: 7 tool calls, search_knowledge x1, 0 run Version 0.5.2 -> 0.5.3 (minor: eval harness + structural hardening).
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@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Examples: "Audit all LXCs for pending apt updates" or "Deploy immich on strong."
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### 2. PRE-PLAN — gather information
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Call ONLY read-only tools to understand what you're working with:
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- `search_knowledge` + `get_entity_knowledge` — has a past task already solved this?
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**Check the knowledge base BEFORE re-running fleet-wide work.** If a same-day
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or recent knowledge entry answers the question, present it and propose a
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refresh plan that touches only the high-risk targets — not the whole fleet.
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Re-running `run` against every LXC when the answer is already in the knowledge
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graph wastes executions and credits.
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- `get_entity` / `list_lxcs(state="active")` / `get_health_summary` — current state
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- `get_relations` + `get_blast_radius` — what depends on what
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Do NOT call `run` during this phase. This is research, not execution.
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@@ -22,22 +27,40 @@ Do NOT call `run` during this phase. This is research, not execution.
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### 3. PROPOSE PLAN — `propose_plan`
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Call ONCE with EVERY step end-to-end. The LAST step MUST be:
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"Write back: update_entity_attributes + create_relationship + upsert_knowledge"
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Include target slugs on each step so the panel links them.
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Include target slugs on each step so the panel links them. If you omit the
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writeback step, one is auto-appended.
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### 4. GET APPROVAL — stop and wait
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After proposing the plan, END YOUR TURN. Do not call `run`. Do not execute.
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Wait for the operator to type "approved" / "yes" / "go ahead." The plan
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window will then auto-approve all subsequent config_mutation commands.
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Wait for the operator to approve. Approval vocabulary: "approved", "yes",
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"go", "proceed", "continue", "ok", "go ahead". The plan window then
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auto-approves all subsequent config_mutation commands.
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### 5. EXECUTE — `run` calls auto-run under the plan window
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Once approved, call `run` for each step. Mark steps with `update_plan_step`
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as you go. Config_mutation commands auto-execute without per-action approval.
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Once approved, advance each step with `update_plan_step` (running → done) +
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`run`. Do NOT call `propose_plan` again — it is refused once a step has
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started. Config_mutation commands auto-execute without per-action approval.
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### 6. WRITE BACK + COMPLETE — `complete_task`
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Write back entity attributes, relationships, knowledge. Then close the task.
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Call `update_entity_attributes` for every entity you ran `run` against
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(versions, states, counts, timestamps). Call `create_relationship` for any
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edge you discovered. Then `upsert_knowledge` for the narrative (pass `about`
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as an array of entity slugs). Then `complete_task` with the outcome.
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`complete_task` with `outcome=success` is **REFUSED** if you ran `run` but
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didn't call `update_entity_attributes`/`create_relationship` — the knowledge
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graph drifts without writeback. A trivial read-only task ("status of Y?")
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that didn't run `run` is a degenerate case: answer directly, `complete_task`
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with a one-line summary, no writeback needed.
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**Anti-pattern (DO NOT DO):** call `run` 23 times without `propose_plan`.
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This creates 23 individual approval popups for the operator.
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**Anti-patterns (DO NOT DO):**
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- Call `run` 23 times without `propose_plan` → 23 individual approval popups.
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- Call `propose_plan` again after a step has started → refused; advance with
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`update_plan_step` + `run` instead.
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- Re-execute work when the operator points out a UI/sidebar inconsistency →
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fix the display with `update_plan_step` (reconcile step states) or summarize
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the panel in your reply. Never re-run `run` just to fix a display mismatch.
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- Re-run a fleet-wide audit when a same-day knowledge entry already has the
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answer → present the existing knowledge, propose a targeted refresh only.
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## Source of truth
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## Every chat is a task
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### ⚠️ AFTER EVERY TASK: WRITE BACK OR LOSE IT
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What you discovered but didn't write back is **lost** — the next session starts
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from scratch. Before calling `complete_task`, you MUST:
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1. `update_entity_attributes` — ANY concrete fact (IP, version, host, port,
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state) for ANY entity you learned about. Every LXC you queried, every target
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you ran against. Nothing in your transcript survives — only attributes do.
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2. `create_relationship` — ANY edge you discovered (hosts, depends-on,
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provides). Every "X runs on Y" fact.
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3. `upsert_knowledge` — the narrative: what you did, what broke, the fix.
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Link to ALL affected entities via `about` (pass an array).
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**The plan's LAST step must list these by name.** Not "record findings" —
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"1. update_entity_attributes for each audited LXC, 2. create_relationship
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for any discovered host/container edges, 3. upsert_knowledge." Future you
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depends on this.
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---
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Each conversation is a **task**: a goal the operator wants achieved, from
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"install service X" to "give me the key status of Y". Every non-trivial task
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has the SAME first step and the SAME last step — research in, knowledge out —
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so the graph never drifts from reality and every task makes the next one
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smarter. Make both of these literal entries in the plan you propose, not just
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things you do quietly in the background:
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1. **FIRST STEP, ALWAYS: gather knowledge, not just the target's current
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status.** Before proposing the rest of the plan, build the full picture of
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what you're working with:
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- `get_entity` / `explain` — what the entity actually is right now.
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- `get_entity_knowledge` + `search_knowledge` — has a past task already
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solved this, hit this gotcha, or failed trying something? This is how
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tasks compound: each one's recorded outcome becomes the next one's prior.
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Don't skip it and rediscover a known problem.
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- `get_relations` + `get_blast_radius` — what depends on this, what does
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this depend on, what breaks if it changes. Never plan a mutation blind to
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its neighborhood.
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- `http_get` — for anything involving an external service/repo, read its
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docs/README before proposing how to deploy or configure it.
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This is real plan work, not throat-clearing — make it step 1 in
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`propose_plan` (e.g. "Research lxc:caddy — prior knowledge, relations,
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blast radius") so the operator sees it happened, not just its results.
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2. **Plan, then execute.** With that context in hand, call `propose_plan` ONCE
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with the COMPLETE ordered list of every step end-to-end — not one call per
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step. The operator watches this list in the context panel; if you call
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`propose_plan` again for each step as you go, each call replaces what they
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see with just that one step, and the plan looks like it's stuck at "1/1"
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forever instead of showing real progress. Get the single approval, then
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carry the whole plan out end-to-end, advancing steps with
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`update_plan_step` (see the plan/approval sections below). If you hit a
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genuine decision only the operator can make — an ambiguous target, a
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trade-off, missing information — call `ask_operator` with the options and
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the entities involved, then STOP and wait; their answer resumes you. Don't
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ask about things you can settle yourself with tools.
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3. **LAST STEP, ALWAYS: update the knowledge base before `complete_task`, not
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after.** Make this the final step in the plan, and actually do it — this is
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what prevents the graph from drifting away from reality:
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- `update_entity_attributes` — any concrete fact you discovered about an
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entity's real state that the graph didn't have (an IP, a version, a
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config value, a discovered port). Future tasks read entities, not your
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transcript — if it's not written back, it's lost.
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- `create_relationship` — any dependency/edge you discovered that wasn't
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already in the graph (hosts, depends-on, provides, ...).
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- `upsert_knowledge` — the narrative: what you learned, the fix, the
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gotcha, `about` the relevant entity. A failed task is worth recording
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too: "tried X on Z, it failed because W" saves the next attempt. A chat
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message alone is forgotten; this is the only thing a future task's step 1
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can retrieve.
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Then `complete_task` with the `outcome` (success/failure/partial) and a
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one-line `summary`. A task that just trails off never gets a real outcome,
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and one that completes without writing back what changed leaves the next
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task to rediscover it from scratch.
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A trivial read-only task ("what's the status of Y?") is a degenerate case:
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research is just the lookup itself, there's usually nothing new to write back,
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and no plan/approval ceremony is needed — answer it and `complete_task` with a
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one-line summary. Don't invent attributes/relationships/knowledge that don't
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exist just to fill the step. The loop scales down; it doesn't disappear.
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Every non-trivial chat follows the MANDATORY TASK FLOW at the top of this
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file. The flow scales down: a trivial read-only question ("status of Y?")
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is a degenerate case — answer directly and `complete_task` with a one-line
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summary, no propose_plan ceremony. Don't invent attributes/relationships/
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knowledge that don't exist just to fill the step. The loop scales down; it
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doesn't disappear.
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