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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).
2026-07-14 21:27:57 +02:00

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package main
import (
"context"
"errors"
"fmt"
"log/slog"
"strings"
)
// Task tools are nomos-LOCAL, not MCP tools. They are session-scoped, and the
// shared MCP server (api:8090/mcp) has no session id — so these are handled
// in-process by nomos, which knows the session/task and holds the store.
// buildTools appends these to the model's tool list; the agent loop routes a
// call whose name isTaskTool to handleTaskTool instead of the MCP client.
//
// Phase 3 ships complete_task; set_goal / propose_plan / update_plan_step /
// ask_operator land in later phases through the same mechanism.
func taskToolDefs() []toolDef {
return []toolDef{
{
Name: "set_goal",
Description: "State the goal of this task in one sentence, as early as you " +
"can. This is what the task is trying to achieve (e.g. 'Deploy TypeType " +
"as an LXC on strong'); it heads the task on the board and the context " +
"panel. Call it once you understand what the operator wants.",
InputSchema: map[string]any{
"type": "object",
"properties": map[string]any{
"goal": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "The task's goal, one sentence."},
},
"required": []string{"goal"},
},
},
{
Name: "propose_plan",
Description: "Propose the full ordered plan for this task. Call ONCE, before any " +
"execution, with EVERY step end-to-end (not one step at a time). FIRST step: " +
"research (prior knowledge, relations, blast radius). If your plan runs `run` " +
"against any target, include a LAST step: write back " +
"(update_entity_attributes + create_relationship + upsert_knowledge) — if you " +
"omit it, one is auto-appended. After this call: STOP and wait for operator " +
"approval (approval vocabulary: approved, yes, go, proceed, continue, ok, " +
"go ahead). Once a step has started (running/done/...), this tool REFUSES " +
"further calls — advance with update_plan_step + run instead. Re-propose only " +
"if the operator explicitly asks you to revise the whole plan. complete_task " +
"with outcome=success is REFUSED if you ran `run` but didn't call " +
"update_entity_attributes/create_relationship — write back before completing.",
InputSchema: map[string]any{
"type": "object",
"properties": map[string]any{
"steps": map[string]any{
"type": "array",
"description": "Ordered steps, first to last.",
"items": map[string]any{
"type": "object",
"properties": map[string]any{
"title": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "Short imperative step title (e.g. 'Create the LXC')."},
"detail": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "Optional one-line detail."},
"target_slug": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "Optional entity slug this step acts on (e.g. lxc:typetype)."},
},
"required": []string{"title"},
},
},
},
"required": []string{"steps"},
},
},
{
Name: "update_plan_step",
Description: "Advance a plan step as you work it. Set status to 'running' when " +
"you start it (pass execution_id if the step queued a gated action, so " +
"the board can auto-close it when that finishes), then 'done' / 'failed' " +
"/ 'skipped' / 'blocked' when it resolves. Keeps the operator's progress " +
"view honest.",
InputSchema: map[string]any{
"type": "object",
"properties": map[string]any{
"seq": map[string]any{"type": "integer", "description": "1-based step number from propose_plan."},
"status": map[string]any{"type": "string", "enum": []string{"running", "done", "failed", "skipped", "blocked"}, "description": "New status for the step."},
"execution_id": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "Optional execution UUID this step is running, so it auto-closes on completion."},
},
"required": []string{"seq", "status"},
},
},
{
Name: "ask_operator",
Description: "Ask the operator a question when you hit a real decision only " +
"they can make — an ambiguous target, a trade-off, missing information, " +
"or a destructive choice not already approved. This pins a structured " +
"question card in the context panel (with your options and the entities " +
"involved) and PAUSES the task until they answer; their answer resumes " +
"you automatically. Do NOT use it for things you can determine yourself " +
"with tools — only for genuine decisions.",
InputSchema: map[string]any{
"type": "object",
"properties": map[string]any{
"prompt": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "The question, stated plainly."},
"why": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "Why you're asking / what's at stake."},
"options": map[string]any{
"type": "array", "items": map[string]any{"type": "string"},
"description": "The choices, if it's a pick-one decision.",
},
"context_entities": map[string]any{
"type": "array", "items": map[string]any{"type": "string"},
"description": "Entity slugs relevant to the decision (shown as chips).",
},
},
"required": []string{"prompt"},
},
},
{
Name: "complete_task",
Description: "Mark the current task finished. Call this once the goal is " +
"verified done — or when you've genuinely failed or only partially " +
"succeeded. Sets the task's outcome and a one-line summary shown on the " +
"task board. Record what you learned with upsert_knowledge BEFORE " +
"completing, so future tasks on the same entities benefit.",
InputSchema: map[string]any{
"type": "object",
"properties": map[string]any{
"outcome": map[string]any{
"type": "string",
"enum": []string{"success", "failure", "partial"},
"description": "Did the task achieve its goal?",
},
"summary": map[string]any{
"type": "string",
"description": "One line describing the result (shown on the task card).",
},
},
"required": []string{"outcome", "summary"},
},
},
}
}
// toInt coerces a JSON tool-arg number (float64 after unmarshal) to int.
func toInt(v any) int {
switch n := v.(type) {
case float64:
return int(n)
case int:
return n
default:
return 0
}
}
// toStringSlice coerces a JSON tool-arg array to a non-empty []string.
func toStringSlice(v any) []string {
arr, ok := v.([]any)
if !ok {
return nil
}
out := make([]string, 0, len(arr))
for _, e := range arr {
if s, ok := e.(string); ok && strings.TrimSpace(s) != "" {
out = append(out, s)
}
}
return out
}
// handleTaskTool executes a nomos-local task tool. Returns (result, true) if it
// handled the call, or (nil, false) if name is not a local task tool (so the
// caller forwards it to the MCP client).
func (a *agent) handleTaskTool(ctx context.Context, sessionID, name string, args map[string]any) (any, bool) {
switch name {
case "set_goal":
goal, _ := args["goal"].(string)
if strings.TrimSpace(goal) == "" {
return "error: set_goal needs a goal", true
}
if err := a.store.setGoal(ctx, sessionID, goal); err != nil {
return fmt.Sprintf("error setting goal: %v", err), true
}
// Open the plan window immediately — the goal IS the start of a
// plan. Config_mutation commands in this session auto-execute
// without per-action approval. The operator approves the plan
// (propose_plan), not each individual run call.
a.store.openPlanWindow(ctx, sessionID)
return "Goal set: " + goal + ". NEXT: pre-plan (read-only tools only — search_knowledge, get_entity, list_lxcs, get_relations). Then propose_plan. Do not call run.", true
case "propose_plan":
raw, _ := args["steps"].([]any)
var steps []planStepInput
for _, r := range raw {
m, ok := r.(map[string]any)
if !ok {
continue
}
title, _ := m["title"].(string)
if strings.TrimSpace(title) == "" {
continue
}
detail, _ := m["detail"].(string)
target, _ := m["target_slug"].(string)
steps = append(steps, planStepInput{Title: title, Detail: detail, TargetSlug: target})
}
if len(steps) == 0 {
return "error: propose_plan needs at least one step with a title", true
}
// D.2: auto-append a writeback step if the agent didn't include one.
// The agent consistently writes vague last steps ("record findings")
// and then skips update_entity_attributes entirely (the #1 cause of
// knowledge-graph drift). Appending an explicit writeback step makes
// the seq-order enforcement (5.6) require it to be completed last,
// and D.1's complete_task gate enforces the actual calls. Together
// they close the loop structurally — neither relies on the agent
// reading SOUL.md.
hasWritebackStep := false
for _, st := range steps {
if strings.Contains(st.Title, "update_entity_attributes") ||
strings.Contains(st.Title, "create_relationship") ||
strings.Contains(st.Detail, "update_entity_attributes") ||
strings.Contains(st.Detail, "create_relationship") {
hasWritebackStep = true
break
}
}
appendedNote := ""
if !hasWritebackStep {
steps = append(steps, planStepInput{
Title: "Write back: update_entity_attributes + create_relationship + upsert_knowledge",
Detail: "Call update_entity_attributes for every entity you ran against (versions, states, counts, timestamps). Call create_relationship for any edge you discovered. Then upsert_knowledge about the affected entities (pass `about` as an array).",
})
appendedNote = fmt.Sprintf(" (appended a writeback step — your plan didn't include one; step %d)", len(steps))
}
persisted, err := a.store.proposePlan(ctx, sessionID, steps)
if err != nil {
if errors.Is(err, errPlanInFlight) {
// The plan is already in flight — refuse the re-proposal.
// The agent must advance the existing plan with
// update_plan_step + run. This is the structural fix for
// the "plan added twice" sidebar drift the operator
// reported: instead of appending (which duplicated) or
// wiping (which lost progress), we refuse and direct.
return "Plan already in flight — refusing duplicate proposal. Steps exist and at least one has started (running/done/...). To advance: call update_plan_step(seq=K, status=\"running\") then run(...) for step K's target, then update_plan_step(seq=K, status=\"done\"). Do NOT call propose_plan again. Re-propose only if the operator explicitly asks you to revise the whole plan, and say so in your reply before calling it.", true
}
return fmt.Sprintf("error proposing plan: %v", err), true
}
// The writeback step is now always present (D.2 auto-appends it if
// the agent forgot), so the old advisory nudge is replaced by the
// structural gate: D.1 refuses complete_task without the actual
// update_entity_attributes/create_relationship calls.
result := fmt.Sprintf("Plan set (%d steps)%s. STOP. Wait for operator approval — do not call run yet. Approval vocabulary: \"approved\", \"yes\", \"go\", \"proceed\", \"continue\", \"ok\", \"go ahead\". On approval, advance with update_plan_step + run. Do not call propose_plan again.", len(persisted), appendedNote)
return result, true
case "update_plan_step":
seq := toInt(args["seq"])
status, _ := args["status"].(string)
execID, _ := args["execution_id"].(string)
if seq <= 0 || status == "" {
return "error: update_plan_step needs seq (>=1) and status", true
}
if err := a.store.updatePlanStep(ctx, sessionID, seq, status, execID); err != nil {
return fmt.Sprintf("error updating step %d: %v", seq, err), true
}
return fmt.Sprintf("Step %d → %s. (Advance with update_plan_step + run; do not re-propose.)", seq, status), true
case "ask_operator":
prompt, _ := args["prompt"].(string)
if strings.TrimSpace(prompt) == "" {
return "error: ask_operator needs a prompt", true
}
qctx := map[string]any{}
if why, _ := args["why"].(string); strings.TrimSpace(why) != "" {
qctx["why"] = why
}
if opts := toStringSlice(args["options"]); len(opts) > 0 {
qctx["options"] = opts
}
if ents := toStringSlice(args["context_entities"]); len(ents) > 0 {
qctx["entities"] = ents
}
if _, err := a.store.askOperator(ctx, sessionID, prompt, qctx); err != nil {
return fmt.Sprintf("error posting question: %v", err), true
}
return "Question posted to the operator; the task is paused until they answer. " +
"Do not continue or call more tools — end your turn now and wait for their answer.", true
case "complete_task":
outcome, _ := args["outcome"].(string)
summary, _ := args["summary"].(string)
switch outcome {
case "":
outcome = "success" // no outcome given at all — assume success, the common case
case "success", "failure", "partial":
// valid, use as-is
default:
// The tool schema declares an enum, but a weaker model (or a
// typo) can still send anything — an unrecognized value used to
// persist as-is, silently, with only "failure" special-cased
// (store.completeTask derives status='failed' from it; anything
// else became status='done' regardless of what the value
// actually said). Default to "partial" rather than silently
// treating an unrecognized value as "success" — safer to
// under-claim than over-claim a task's outcome.
slog.Warn("nomos: complete_task got an unrecognized outcome, defaulting to partial",
"session", sessionID, "outcome", outcome)
outcome = "partial"
}
// D.1: refuse success when discovery ran but no writeback followed.
// The prior advisory warning (below) was ignorable — the agent
// saw it and ended the task anyway. This gate fires BEFORE
// completeTask runs, so the session stays in 'executing' state
// and the agent must call update_entity_attributes/create_relationship
// then retry complete_task. Only blocks `success`; an explicit
// `failure` or `partial` is allowed through (the agent is
// acknowledging it didn't finish — no reason to force writeback).
if outcome == "success" && a.store.hadDiscovery(ctx, sessionID) && !a.store.hadEntityWriteback(ctx, sessionID) {
return "Refused: this session ran `run` against live targets (discovery) but did not call update_entity_attributes or create_relationship to persist what you learned. The knowledge graph will drift if you complete without writeback. Call update_entity_attributes for each entity you ran against (versions, states, counts, timestamps), and create_relationship for any edge you discovered, then call complete_task again. Outcome is held at 'executing' until you do.", true
}
if err := a.store.completeTask(ctx, sessionID, outcome, summary); err != nil {
if errors.Is(err, errTaskAlreadyComplete) {
return "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 (reconcile step states) or summarize the panel in your reply — do not re-execute the work.", true
}
return fmt.Sprintf("error completing task: %v", err), true
}
result := fmt.Sprintf("Task marked %s: %s", outcome, summary)
if !a.store.hadEntityWriteback(ctx, sessionID) {
result += "\n\n⚠ No entity attributes or relationships were updated in this session. Call update_entity_attributes and create_relationship to persist what you learned about entities before the next session starts from scratch."
}
return result, true
default:
return nil, false
}
}
// autoCompleteTrivialTask is the case-1 fix from
// plans/2026-07-11-task-completion-safety-net.md: a session that never
// called set_goal never framed itself as a structured task, so a turn that
// ends with a plain-text answer and no further tool calls IS the task
// ending — but the model consistently skips complete_task for exactly this
// case (confirmed live: 43/50 production sessions were a single trivial
// Q&A exchange, none of which ever reached a terminal status). Rather than
// leave agent_sessions.status stuck at its creation-time default forever,
// close it out mechanically here: no judgment call needed, since SOUL.md
// already treats a one-shot answered question as done by definition.
func (a *agent) autoCompleteTrivialTask(ctx context.Context, sessionID, responseText string) {
summary := strings.TrimSpace(responseText)
summary = strings.SplitN(summary, "\n", 2)[0] // first line only — the board shows one line
const maxLen = 120
if len(summary) > maxLen {
summary = summary[:maxLen] + "…"
}
if summary == "" {
summary = "Answered without further action needed."
}
if err := a.store.completeTask(ctx, sessionID, "success", summary); err != nil {
slog.Error("nomos: auto-complete trivial task failed", "session", sessionID, "error", err)
}
}